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Blogs
July 26, 2011
John Kinsel, Claiming Wrongful Conviction, Is Denied New Trial: "Our Hands Are Tied", Says Court
Photo by Mandy OaklanderJohn Kinsel's chances of freedom grow slimmer.A few months ago, we wrote a cover story about John Kinsel, a Texas man sentenced in Louisiana to life without parole for the rape of his girlfriend's live-in daughter. That girl, 9-year-old Alyssa Medlin, testified that Ki ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
John Kinsel, Imprisoned For A Crime His Accuser Says She Made Up, Hangs Out At Angola Prison Rodeo
Mandy OaklanderJohn Kinsel sells his wares at the Angola Prison Rodeo.Dooney & Bourke knockoff purses and stainless steel crosses line a long row of picnic tables at the Angola Prison Rodeo craft sale. The artisans wait close behind in a parallel craggy row, separated from their wares by a ch ... More >>
News
April 14, 2011
Life Without Parole
John Kinsel remains in prison even after alleged rape victim recanted.
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Cover Story: John Kinsel's Life Without Parole
This week's feature tells the story of John Kinsel, a man who will spend the rest of his life locked up at Angola Prison for a crime his accuser has since said he didn't commit. Alyssa Medlin testified as a nine-year-old that Kinsel -- her mother's boyfriend -- had raped her for years. The gi ... More >>
News
December 23, 2010
Return to Sender
What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?
News
October 21, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline costs millions, tramples the Constitution, treats migrants like cattle and doesn't work.
News
September 18, 2008
Language Barrier at Child Protective Services
For the first year, Baby Raymond lived happily with his family. Then the agency took him away and even though his Chinese-American family fought to get him back, they couldn't find the right words
News
July 24, 2008
Homeland Security Won't Let a Former IRA Man Out of Prison
After living in the U.S. for 25 years, Pól Brennan is now stuck on the Texas-Mexico border
News
March 6, 2008
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
News
July 5, 2007
Critics question realtor Wayne Stroman's timeshare resale business
The Getaway
Culture
May 17, 2007
Guant�namo: Pictures from Home. Questions of Justice
A FotoFest exhibition questions justice
News
April 26, 2007
Jerry Payne, attorney and ex-strip club owner, vs. the IRS and the Houston Chronicle
The Long Shot
News
May 26, 2005
No Pain, No Gain
Our solution for saving Texas's claim to capital punishment fame
News
October 2, 2003
Beer Brawl
Starbucks tries to step on the start-up of Starbock beer
News
February 14, 2002
Enron's Judge Not
U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal abruptly recuses herself without explanation
News
August 23, 2001
Mercenary or Media Martyr?
A self-proclaimed journalist has had a paying job -- private eye
News
July 19, 2001
Files Not Found
Thousands of missing FBI documents in the Timothy McVeigh case? It comes as no surprise to the survivors of Operation Lightning Strike.
News
June 28, 2001
Naked Shame
Years ago, courts ruled that routine strip searches in jails were unconstitutional. But for Fort Bend County women, if you got booked, they took a look.
News
April 26, 2001
We -Store-It, U-Lose-It?
If Harris County constables execute a writ of possession, Security Storage gets your stuff. How do you get it back?
Culture
February 15, 2001
Cough It Up
The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him
News
December 28, 2000
(Ore)gone to Hell?
His body was riddled with police bullets. The case against the cops also may be riddled with holes.
News
November 2, 2000
Pumped Dry
Gas station dealers find big oil blocking the way in their struggles against extinction
News
July 13, 2000
Death Row Show
The media makes causes of more and more capital murder convicts. Meanwhile, John Albert Burks dies almost unnoticed, just another inmate moving along on the efficient execution assembly line of Texas justice.
News
July 22, 1999
Civil(ity) War
Does Houston have to get tougher on street people with new laws?
News
October 8, 1998
Crushing the Opposition
Baylor and Fulbright & Jaworski -- with the help of a lame duck judge -- see to it that Bonnie Dunbar won't get a chance to tell all in court
News
July 9, 1998
Two Bullets in the Back
Three cops. One kid on LSD. Something just didn't add up for Skip and Becky Allen, who filed a lawsuit to find out how their son died.
News
April 16, 1998
Tales From the IRS
Three stories of taxman terror
News
August 28, 1997
Snitch Vs. Snitch
In the drug world, you can't trust anybody - especially a federal informant
News
May 22, 1997
Rough Justice
Last week Anthony Ray Westley was executed for a murder he may not have committed. Only his lawyer and family seemed to care.
News
May 9, 1996
Beneath the Dogs
A court victory for laid-off Latino workers spotlights the harsh conditions in Houston's surplus of small plastics plants
News
September 14, 1995
Pray
In a small town south of Houston, they say school prayer is a matter of religious freedom. But even in Santa Fe, freedom for one student can be tyranny for another.
News
December 8, 1994
Hanging the Judge
Lupe Salinas made a lot of friends on his journey from a Rio Grande Valley childhood to becoming a dogged prosecutor and respected state district judge. Until he was tapped for a federal judgeship, he never knew how many enemies he had.