David Wayne Spence News Today

“Texas has a long history with the use of unreliable evidence. [It also has made] unique efforts to address that searing history.”

In 1982 three teenagers were killed near the shores of Lake Waco in a seemingly inexplicable crime. More than three decades later, the tragic and disturbing case still casts a long, dark shadow.

Charles McCrory has spent decades in prison for the murder of his wife, convicted on the strength of bite mark evidence. The problem? CSI-style forensics is bad science

These are the Texas death row inmates who narrowly escaped execution after fighting for their lives for years — or in some cases, decades.