justice system

A recently released report evaluated Bexar County's Indigent Defense System, which provides legal services to defendants who cannot afford their own counsel.Though researchers acknowledges the positive impact of specialty courts and the speed of magistration, they also found not everyone receives the same quality of service or defense.

Bexar County is seeing the emergence of more specialty courts that target specific populations and offer offenders a rehabilitative path forward.The goal…

Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht and other lawmakers are calling for reform on the selection process for judges on many of the state's courts.…

Approximately one quarter of the state's 41,000 prisoners pose little threat to the public, according to a recent study. Reforming bail bond practices…