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Statewide appeals court justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal of a ruling against his office that would temporarily stop him from enforcing case reporting rules against primarily Democratic elected attorneys in the state's most populous counties.
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Criticizing Israel isn't the same as being antisemitic, the Texas branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says. Tarrant County prosecutors say the indictments are 'based on the evidence.'
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In separate lawsuits, five urban prosecutors argue the AG's new requirements exceed his legal authority.
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Under state law, every death in county jail custody triggers an independent investigation. That requirement places too big a burden on law enforcement, Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells wrote in a letter to the state attorney general's office.
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The previous district attorney sided with Paul Storey’s defense team, agreeing that he deserved a new trial. The current one is asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up Storey’s case.
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This is the first time since 2014 that a Texas county has sent more than one person to death row in a single year, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
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A law passed in 2023 allows prosecutors to seek murder charges against someone who gives another person a fatal dose of fentanyl.
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Crystal Mason was accused of voting illegally in Tarrant County but was acquitted in March. The Tarrant County DA appealed the acquittal.
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Debra Mae Carter was found guilty of money laundering by a North Texas jury, nearly two years after Gallagher was sentenced to three life sentences.
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The Tarrant County DA's office has resolved its civil claims against Temptation Cabaret's Fort Worth-based landlord, but the strip club remains permanently closed.
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Johnson died in jail custody after a jailer knelt on his back while he was restrained on the ground. His death has been ruled a homicide.
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Willie Thomas spent more than a decade in prison before renewed testing proved his DNA wasn't on the weapon investigators found on the scene of a 2009 Fort Worth murder.