Crime & Justice

The jailhouse informant can have quite an influence on the outcome of a trail. Frequently prosecutors rely on the accounts of prisoners who happen to hear incriminating claims of a defendant on trial. However, sometimes their testimony helps convict an innocent man in an effort to get a sweetheart deal. Investigative reporter Pamela Colloff tells the story of a classic jailhouse snitch and the lives he destroyed in her new book "Catch the Devil."

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.

The committee heard testimony Tuesday on ways to make the civil justice system more accessible to every American.

Bond has been set at $3 million dollars for a 40-year-old San Antonio man on charges related to the wounding of two police officers during a shootout on the Northeast Side Thursday night.

The anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life had argued Proposition A should be broken up into multiple city charter amendments because it contains a range of policy reforms, including the decriminalization of abortion and marijuana possession.

James Brennand returns to court on June 6.

The lawsuit argues the criminal justice reform initiative must be pulled from the May ballot because it contains multiple subjects, which is against state law for city charter amendments. Representatives for the organizations supporting the initiative says that's not true.

A class-action lawsuit says thousands of inmates are being detained longer than they should be.

The Justice Charter would decriminalize abortion and low-level weed possession, codify cite-and-release, ban the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants by SAPD, and establish a city Justice Director to oversee criminal justice policy if passed.

Fue despedido el oficial de SAPD que disparó a Erik Cantú, de 17 años, cuando estaba bajo fianza después de ser arrestado por asalto agravado