The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned Joe David Padron's murder conviction after he spent two decades in prison ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the murder conviction of a Corpus Christi man who was serving life in prison ...

Here’s what to know about the Texas Seven, including their escape from a South Texas prison, subsequent crime spree and ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has vacated the capital murder conviction of Joe David Padron, agreeing that false ...

Areli Escobar has sought a new trial since a damning audit of APD's crime lab. The same office that prosecuted him has supported his efforts.

By rejecting the appeal, a ruling by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will stand. The Texas appeals court has denied Escobar's appeals twice after a lower court judge ruled that there were problems ...

The case against one of the Texas 7 death row inmates is on hold until a judge can hear a motion to recuse Dallas County ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...