/tags/texas-department-of-criminal-justice Texas Department of Criminal Justice en-US Copyright Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:29:43 GMT /news/2024-12-09/texas-house-committee-demands-that-attorney-general-allow-roberson-to-testify The Criminal Jurisprudence Committee plans to issue a new subpoena to the death row inmate for a Dec. 20 hearing if Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office does not cooperate. Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:29:43 GMT /news/2024-12-09/texas-house-committee-demands-that-attorney-general-allow-roberson-to-testify Kayla Guo | The Texas Tribune, Terri Langford | The Texas Tribune /news/2024-11-21/16-year-old-texas-prison-suicide-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-state-agencies Joshua Keith Beasley Jr. was taken into custody when he was 11 years old. Five years later, he died by suicide in 2023 in an adult prison in Brazoria County. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:00:00 GMT /news/2024-11-21/16-year-old-texas-prison-suicide-wrongful-death-lawsuit-against-state-agencies Penelope Rivera /criminal-justice/2024-10-21/texas-legislature-robert-roberson-death-row-shaken-baby-syndrome-hearing Texas House members are weighing whether the shaken baby syndrome theory should have been used in convicting Robert Roberson of the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:41:04 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-10-21/texas-legislature-robert-roberson-death-row-shaken-baby-syndrome-hearing Toluwani Osibamowo, Blaise Gainey /criminal-justice/2024-10-18/texas-supreme-court-temporarily-stops-robert-robersons-execution The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death. Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:50:48 GMT /criminal-justice/2024-10-18/texas-supreme-court-temporarily-stops-robert-robersons-execution Kayla Guo | The Texas Tribune /politics/2024-10-02/some-convicted-felons-can-actually-vote-from-prison-in-texas-heres-why Under a little-known Texas elections law, state prison inmates who are actively appealing their convictions are eligible to register and vote. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:38:01 GMT /politics/2024-10-02/some-convicted-felons-can-actually-vote-from-prison-in-texas-heres-why Lauren McGaughy /texas-news/2024-09-26/yes-to-mein-kampf-no-to-the-color-purple-which-books-are-banned-in-texas-prisons More than 10,000 books are banned inside Texas prisons. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:10:01 GMT /texas-news/2024-09-26/yes-to-mein-kampf-no-to-the-color-purple-which-books-are-banned-in-texas-prisons Lauren McGaughy /news/2024-08-29/delayed-justice-exoneration-for-benjamin-spencer-convicted-of-killing-a-man-in-1987 Ben Spencer was accused in part because of false testimony. He was formally exonerated in a Dallas court on Thursday. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 17:38:40 GMT /news/2024-08-29/delayed-justice-exoneration-for-benjamin-spencer-convicted-of-killing-a-man-in-1987 Ed Timms, Marina Trahan Martinez /texas-news/2024-08-21/texas-juvenile-justice-board-pushes-back-after-damning-doj-report-on-abuse-in-youth-detention-system The governing board of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is disputing the accuracy of a report by the U.S. Department of Justice that alleged widespread mental, physical and sexual abuse in the state’s youth facilities. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:59:22 GMT /texas-news/2024-08-21/texas-juvenile-justice-board-pushes-back-after-damning-doj-report-on-abuse-in-youth-detention-system Julián Aguilar | The Texas Newsroom /texas-news/2024-07-29/an-inmates-body-temp-was-107-5-when-he-died-the-state-of-texas-says-heat-did-not-kill-him Newly released autopsies show extreme temperatures in state prisons may have contributed to multiple recent deaths behind bars. But the state says heat hasn’t killed any prisoners in more than a decade. A lawsuit challenging Texas prison heat protocols will be heard in federal court on Tuesday. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:24:50 GMT /texas-news/2024-07-29/an-inmates-body-temp-was-107-5-when-he-died-the-state-of-texas-says-heat-did-not-kill-him Lauren McGaughy /news/2024-07-10/unmarked-cars-and-secret-orders-how-a-pharmacy-prepared-drugs-for-texas-executions NPR identified the company that provided Texas with execution drugs and uncovered that state and federal authorities alleged the pharmacy and some of its owners violated laws meant to protect patients Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:16:04 GMT /news/2024-07-10/unmarked-cars-and-secret-orders-how-a-pharmacy-prepared-drugs-for-texas-executions Chiara Eisner