The trial of a former Uvalde school district police officer accused of child endangerment in the Robb Elementary shooting took an unexpected turn Tuesday after testimony from a teacher prompted defense objections and halted proceedings for the day.
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More than 400 potential jurors were questioned about their knowledge of the failed police response to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. From that pool, 12 jurors and four alternates were selected for the trial. Opening statements are set for Tuesday morning.
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For over 30 years Skip Hollandsworth has been a master storyteller at "Texas Monthly." He’s been investigating and telling the stories of Texas true crime with a keen eye for detail and a way of getting people to spill the tea. We hear from Skip about his new book “She Kills: The Murderous Socialite, the Cross-Dressing Bank Robber, and Other True Crime Tales."
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A new FRONTLINE documentary examines Ecuador’s rapid descent from one of South America’s most peaceful nations into a country gripped by violent conflict driven by the international drug trade.
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Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged.
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The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the death of Regina Santos-Aviles, a congressional staffer for U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales, a suicide by self-immolation.
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A Bexar County jury on Monday acquitted three former San Antonio Police Department officers in the 2023 shooting death of Melissa Perez, a woman experiencing a mental health crisis.
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The same day the Court of Criminal Appeals stopped Robert Roberson's execution to consider the use of "junk science" in his conviction, the state's highest criminal court denied a Dallas County man's challenge to the use of what his attorneys say is flawed eyewitness testimony in his case.
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Two former officers face murder charges and a third faces an aggravated assault charge over the shooting and killing of Perez during an apparent mental health crisis. Officers claim self-defense.
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In a dramatic turnaround, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday ordered a halt to the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson which was scheduled to take place in seven days.
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of Robert Roberson a week before it was scheduled to occur.