While the court has not yet issued a ruling on the merits of any of its cases, it continues to rule on jurisdictional ...

and his offense was minor enough that elsewhere in Texas, he might not have been jailed at all. But he was in the dysfunctional Maverick County court system, where basic tenets of American justice ...

The judge ruled Texas prison cell temperatures, which regularly exceed 90 and 100 degrees, likely violate rights against ...

A federal judge has found the extreme heat in Texas prisons that don’t have air conditioning is “plainly unconstitutional.” ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor’s office that originally put him on ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor's office that originally put him on death row. The ...

Senior U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal has blocked enforcement of the Texas A&M University System board of regents' drag show ban, insisting that an event called "Draggieland" must be allowed ...

You can reach the newsroom at [email protected] The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, despite support for a new trial from the same ...

A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ordering a fix ...

Texan authorities have been criticized over extreme heat in their prison system, where temperatures can routinely rise above ...