On Wednesday, protestors, community members, friends and family gathered outside the Caldwell County Justice Center to demand justice for Jennifer Miller, a woman who was killed in a car accident involving an off-duty San Marcos police officer. According to a police...
After six years on the job, Gov. Greg Abbott has little to show for when it comes to marijuana policy. Unsurprisingly, the incumbent governor is oceans apart on the issue compared to his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke, who authored a book about legalizing weed back...
All three defendants were found guilty in the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery who was shot and killed after jogging through a Georgia neignboorhood in February of 2020. On Feb. 23, 2020 Arbery was jogging through the Satilla Shores Neighborhood in Glynn...
Mississippi driver Ameal Woods worried about thieves when he came to Texas with $42,000 to buy trucking equipment in 2019. So he took precautions. He separated his cash into two groups: one for a trailer and the other for a tractor, if he found one at the right price....
On Friday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in Oak Park Heights maximum security prison for the murder of Houston native George Floyd. During the sentencing on Friday, the prosecution and defense both provided testimony...
Over the past week, Texas death row inmate Quintin Jones’ pleas for clemency have galvanized criminal justice reform advocates and once again shined a spotlight on the state’s frequent use of capital punishment. Captured in a New York Times–produced video and op-ed...
In yet another police involved shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot and killed in his car after he was pulled over for an expired car registration according to a Brooklyn Center Police report on April 13. According to his...
Witnesses testimony concluded on Friday at the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with third-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter after he was seen on video with a knee to 46-year-old George...
Members of the Texas Senate Committee on Jurisprudence held their first hearing this week over Senate Bill 21, a controversial bail reform bill backed by Republicans. The purpose of the bill according to its author Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) is to prevent repeat...