Houston man sues city, undercover cops in January 2020 police shooting
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Houston Forensic Science Center investigators work on an officer-involved shooting where a Houston Police Department officer discharged his weapon from inside a police truck at a suspect on foot at the 8000 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
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Houston Forensic Science Center investigators work on an officer-involved shooting where a Houston Police Department officer discharged his weapon from inside a police truck at a suspect on foot at the 8000 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Houston.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less
The Lavinia Masters Act isn’t working. The much-celebrated legislation that was supposed to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits in Texas has failed.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) At the request of the Houston Forensic Science Center board, the city of Houston s Office of Inspector General will investigate allegations made against personnel in the crime scene unit.
This comes after a four-page letter was sent to the board by an anonymous group of past and present CSU investigators, claiming a hostile work environment within the unit, which in the letter they contribute to upper management. These are allegations that are inconsistent with our personnel policies, so we take them really seriously, said HFSC CEO and President Dr. Peter Stout, who talked with ABC13 after Wednesday s board meeting calling for the investigation.
New DNA technology at Houston lab can help solve crimes faster
The rapid DNA technology can yield results in as little as 90 minutes. Normally the lab takes one to three days. Author: Grace White Updated: 10:15 PM CST December 31, 2020
HOUSTON Houston’s crime lab says it has new DNA technology to help solve cases faster in the new year and fight the rise in crime we saw during 2020.
“This has been a really rough year on us, particularly for our crime scene unit, said Dr. Peter Stout, President and CEO of Houston Forensic Science Center.
According to Houston Police, there have been 403 murders during the past year. Last year, there were 281. That s an increase of 43 percent.
No Way Out: Texas prisoners describe what it s like inside lock-up during the coronavirus pandemic
A joint investigation with The Marshall Project exposes how COVID-19 was allowed to spread due to a lackluster response by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Credit: WFAA Published: 4:30 PM CST December 13, 2020 Updated: 4:40 PM CST December 13, 2020
More than 33,000 staff and prisoners have caught COVID-19 in the Texas prison system.
A WFAA investigation with The Marshall Project exposes how the coronavirus spread due to a lackluster response by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
For this project, reporters reviewed dozens of policy documents, internal reports, and leaked emails, along with hundreds of letters from prisoners and a handful of images and recordings captured on contraband cell phones. Interviews with more than 110 staff, prisoners and their family members.