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Harris County

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    What You Don't Know About Prosecutorial Oversight: Our Chat with Attorney Betty Blackwell

    Michael Morton, free after 25 years of wrongful imprisonment for his wife's murder, spoke about his experience yesterday during a panel discussion on prosecutorial oversight at the University of Texas. Morton's case has become a focal point of any story or discussion about prosecutorial misconduct, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    The Rising AIDS Epidemic Among Dallas's Young Poor People

    Barbara Rios/Science Photo Library​The number of young people in Dallas contracting HIV and AIDS is increasing, KTVT-Channel 11 reported Monday, and those young people, ages 13 to 24, now make up 25 percent of all new diagnoses. And those stats were compiled before the state decided to gut fam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    DoJ: Texas's New Election Maps Seek to Deny Hispanics Voting Rights, Especially in DFW

    ​Overnight, several Friends of Unfair Park sent different versions of the same story, which says: The state quite deliberately submitted to the Department of Justice new election maps that discriminate against the Hispanic voter -- especially in Dallas-Fort Worth. As in: "There is direct and circu ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Purple Hazed

    Pledge took beating, not oath, to become Omega Psi Phi.

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Houston Jewel Heist Victim Sues Dallas Gold Buyer That Paid Millions For Stolen Goods

    On Monday we told you the story of Jason Clay Kennedy and the Brothers O'Brien, who, on February 5, disabled a Houston jewelry store's alarm and video surveillance system and sawed through six inches of steel and concrete and made off with $6 million in 22-carat gold, Rolex watches and precious ston ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Dallas PD Nabs Watauga Man Suspected of Taking Part in Dozens of Mammoth Jewel Heists

    Dallas County Sheriff's DepartmentKelvin O'Brien​Moments ago, Dallas Police spokesman Senior Corporal Kevin Janse sent out a handful of over-the-weekend updates. Among them was this brief concerning an arrest made early Sunday morning:On 9/25/2011 at 1:45 a.m., Dallas Police Officers received info ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Last Night, a First Step Toward Solving, Or Not, the Problem With ICE's Secure Communities

    ​Tuesday night, the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council's Task Force on Secure Communities (hold on, gotta catch my breath after that pithy title) held a pilot meeting at the Dallas County Community College's Bill J. Priest Campus to discuss ICE's controversial fingerprint screeni ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Running on "bubble gum and duct tape," a new court aims to keep damaged vets out of jail.

    ​Tuesday night, the Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council's Task Force on Secure Communities (hold on, gotta catch my breath after that pithy title) held a pilot meeting at the Dallas County Community College's Bill J. Priest Campus to discuss ICE's controversial fingerprint screeni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Hop Aboard The Houston-to-Dallas High-Speed PowerPoint on Display Yesterday

    From the presentation given yesterday to Harris County officials concerning a Dallas-Houston-etc. high-speed rail line​Back to that Houston-to-Dallas bullet train for a second ...Erik Noriega, manager of communications for the Greater Houston Partnership, was kind enough to send me Central Japan R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Dallas ISD's Long and Winding Road to Broad Prize Just Hit a Dead End

    ​Perhaps you've seen the promotional materials -- they've been everywhere during the past five years, as the Dallas Independent School District (and superintendent Michael Hinojosa, especially) eased on down that Road to Broad, so named for the $2 million award given to urban school districts who ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    Too Much of a Bad Thing: Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addiction

    ​Perhaps you've seen the promotional materials -- they've been everywhere during the past five years, as the Dallas Independent School District (and superintendent Michael Hinojosa, especially) eased on down that Road to Broad, so named for the $2 million award given to urban school districts who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    "Pole Tax" Dances Into Texas Supreme Court

    Last spring, The Lodge made a big show of presenting the state with a big check that's been sitting in escrow ever since.​As you no doubt recall, the state of Texas has been trying for years to find a way to make its so-called "pole tax" stick. The first time around, a judge slapped down the $5-pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    How Much Did You Pay to Defend Don Hill?

    Sam MertenFormer Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill outside the Earle Cabell, moments after the guilty verdicts were handed down​Schutze and Merten are off in darkened corners finishing their City Hall corruption trial wrap-up (as in, What does it all mean?), so I'll refer you to KXAS-Channel 5's piece ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    There Will Be Blood: Come September, the DPD's No-Refusal Weekend Goes Full Time

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier."That was the hold up," says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    In Texas, Is Blue the New Red?

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier."That was the hold up," says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Texas Ain't No Toss-Up, Says NBC Producer Following Mix-Up

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier."That was the hold up," says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Harris County GOP Boss Says Fred Baron's Money is "Tainted"

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier."That was the hold up," says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    Just Put Down the Tomato and Back Away Slowly -- and Panic! Or Don't.

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier."That was the hold up," says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2008

    Mapes to Clinton: Remember the Alamo!

    Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier."That was the hold up," says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that on ... More >>

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    Still an Aryan Blood Brother

    Two murders and two life sentences won't alter one convict's allegiance to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas

  • News

    January 31, 2008

    Divide and Conquer|Disgusting Bleeding Hearts

    Two murders and two life sentences won't alter one convict's allegiance to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Sharon Keller is Texas' Judge Dread

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2007

    Mrs. Don Hill Speaks! And Says She and Her Hubby Are Innocent! No, Really?

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2007

    If Anand Jon Comes Back to Dallas, He Might Not Be Leaving

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2007

    See, Houston Does Want to Be Like Dallas

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2006

    Houston: A Donkey Move

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Hell to the Chief

    When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    High on the Hog

    In Texas, shoot as many feral pigs as you like. Just don't let your dog bite them.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2006

    Here She Comes to Save the Day

    In Texas, shoot as many feral pigs as you like. Just don't let your dog bite them.

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Heck of a Job, County

    In case of catastrophe, dial 1-800-UR-EFFED

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Cell Disease

    Being sick in Dallas County's troubled jail can be a death sentence

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Getting the Bird

    West Nile keeps animal control officers hopping to collect dead birds

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Hard Words for Software

    DCAD spends $5.5 million developing its own computer program. Why?

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Rusty's Pity Party

    Plus: Havard...Again

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Sisters in Crime

    Female authors find a lucrative trade in Texas lawlessness

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Life Without Father

    Inmates on Texas' Death Row leave behind immeasurable pain and countless victims--including their own families

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Inhale With Hale

    Itinerant pro-pot candidate Steven Hale is down again, but not out

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Taken to Task

    DPS to oversee state drug forces troubled by abuses

  • 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 20, 2001

    Buzz

    What makes Bobby run?

  • 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

    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

    May 4, 2000

    Parting shots

    A triple murderer freed from prison runs into his old nemeses on the way back to the pen

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Unlucky strike

    Less than two years after Billie Bob Harrell Jr. took the $31 million lottery jackpot, he took his own life

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Dissed robes

    On the prosecution-biased Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, justice isn't blind. It's dumb.

  • News

    December 17, 1998

    Down-home Drudge

    Harvey Kronberg, the Avis of Austin political reporters, tries harder with Web gossip

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    Cheating death

    A notorious murder-for-hire ex-con may have reached the end of his road in Dallas

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    Death Merchant

    In 1979, Walter Waldhauser Jr. arranged the murder of a Houston family. Today, he has a new name and a new business in Dallas,but he still profits when people die.

  • News

    May 14, 1998

    Fly away, little jailbird

    Reports of Steven Russell's death were greatly exaggerated, but they were enough to spring him from a Texas prison

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