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May 4, 2006
Sheriff Who?
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was a revolutionary candidate--as a leader, not so much
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March 23, 2006
Suspended Sentence
After Innocence probes life after a wrongful conviction
Blogs
March 22, 2006
Communication Breakdown
After Innocence probes life after a wrongful conviction
Blogs
March 10, 2006
Spared
After Innocence probes life after a wrongful conviction
News
February 2, 2006
The Disappeared
Got a missing relative? Maybe you should look in the jail--and good luck with that.
News
December 15, 2005
Justice Delayed
A woman's story of life behind bars might be of interest to federal investigators
News
September 15, 2005
Cell Disease
Being sick in Dallas County's troubled jail can be a death sentence
News
July 28, 2005
We Hate Your Guts
What a disturbing new lawsuit says about the county jail
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June 2, 2005
Death for a Killer
Plus: Off the List, Maybe
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May 26, 2005
Jailbait
Frank Rodriguez faces a lifetime on Texas� sex offender registry for having sex with a 16-year-old�who is now his wife. He�s not alone.
News
December 16, 2004
Life After Death
Andre Lewis was eight hours from being executed, until the courts realized they had made a big mistake
News
March 11, 2004
The Icebox Revisited
Houston had one of its most shocking race murders 45 years ago. But exactly whose tragedy was it?
News
January 8, 2004
Writer's Block
Texas prisons start barring book authors from inmate interviews
News
October 23, 2003
Bellies of the Beast
Food cuts have inmates and guards grumbling
News
September 12, 2002
Life Without Father
Inmates on Texas' Death Row leave behind immeasurable pain and countless victims--including their own families
News
August 1, 2002
The Ex-Con Game
How do we deal with the staggering number of prisoners re-entering society? Ned Rollo thinks he knows. He should. He's been there.
News
November 15, 2001
The Way of the Gun
The untold story of why Lenell Geter was freed
News
November 8, 2001
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
For a growing number of Texas kids with mental illnesses, the only place to get help is behind bars.
News
September 27, 2001
Unhappy Campers
Critics of a private prison firm that ran two juvenile boot camps in Dallas wonder where the love is at these "tough love academies"
News
September 13, 2001
Make 'em Pay
Spurred by a horrifying wave of teen violence in the '90s, Texas today spends more money than ever to lock up young criminals. Are we getting our money's worth?
News
August 9, 2001
Big-House Guru
Ron Cohen counsels new inmates on surviving life behind bars. He should know. He's been there.
News
August 2, 2001
Beg Pardon
Anti-drug war forces unleash a potent weapon to free a convict--a little girl
News
June 14, 2001
Pass the Plate
God and Texas taxpayers answer the prayers of a prison-based ministry
News
January 11, 2001
Hello, My Name is Pervert
Outcasts among us, sex offenders struggle to find treatment and lead normal lives in a justice system that gives them little of either
News
November 30, 2000
Prisoners of Love
The InnerChange Freedom Initiative says it can rehabilitate Texas prison inmates through God--a conservative evangelical Christian God, to be more precise
News
November 16, 2000
Bad Girls
Looking for love in the wrong places? Try Meet-An-Inmate.com.
Music
November 9, 2000
Death Row Records
Steve Earle doesn't really care about Napster as long as our country still kills people
News
September 28, 2000
Killer Smile
Tommy Lynn Sells claims to have murdered dozens, and Texas Rangers fear he's telling the truth
News
September 14, 2000
Home Again
Horace Caraker got what he wanted: jail time
News
September 14, 2000
Death Angel
For 15 years, the Rev. Carroll Pickett granted the last wishes of men about to die in Texas' execution chamber. For the first time, he tells his story.
Calendar
August 24, 2000
Get On Your Knees
Prison art: It ain't just about Gloria Estefan and Jesus anymore -- well, not completely
News
July 27, 2000
Talk isn't cheap
Dallas County rakes in millions from pricey pay phones at the jail
News
July 13, 2000
Burden of proof
Serial killer Faryion Wardrip would have gotten away with murder if bricklayer-turned-investigator John Little hadn't stolen his coffee cup
News
July 6, 2000
Software and hard time
Texas prisons take a byte out of crime with a computer rehab program
News
June 29, 2000
Killing machine
It is 6:07 p.m. John Albert Burks salutes the Oakland Raiders and says goodbye to his friends. Minutes later, he is a dead man. This year's 21st execution.
News
June 8, 2000
Bad business
Death merchant Michael Lee Davis, sent once again to prison, is now worth more dead than alive
Film
March 9, 2000
Death becomes him
Execution specialist goes Nazi-partying in Errol Morris' disturbing new documentary
News
March 2, 2000
Tapped out
A prison arts program searches for a dance partner
News
February 3, 2000
Questions of innocence
Odell Barnes is just one of many inmates with questionable convictions facing the death penalty
News
February 3, 2000
Presumed guilty
Odell Barnes awaits execution on March 1 -- despite new evidence that he didn't commit the crime
News
September 30, 1999
Huntsville Houdini
Federal prosecutors get tough with an escape artist
News
July 22, 1999
Innocence Lost
Railroaded onto death row, Kerry Max Cook endures rapes, beatings, and suicide attempts while waiting for justice
News
July 15, 1999
Closing death's door
Will proposed media rules stifle coverage of convicts facing execution?
News
July 15, 1999
Innocence lost
Prosecutors lied and cheated to put Kerry Max Cook on death row for 16 years. He's out of prison now, but still not quite free.
News
July 8, 1999
Cruel and Unusual
Mentally ill Texans used to go to hospitals. Now, increasing numbers of them go to prison instead.
News
July 1, 1999
Prison sweet prison
Horace Caraker doesn't belong in federal prison. But he likes it there, and he'll threaten a president if it means going back.
News
June 24, 1999
On the lam
A convicted killer flees arrest on insurance fraud charges
News
January 21, 1999
Walter Waldhauserwired
A convicted killer gets placed on an electric leash
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December 24, 1998
Merry Xmas, Mr. Davis
A hearing officer finds that a convicted killer did not violate parole
News
November 26, 1998
Arresting development
A hearing officer finds that a convicted killer did not violate parole
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