Criminal Justice

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

Was there or wasn’t there sex trafficking at The Refuge, the Bastrop-based residential treatment center?

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