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After a lengthy career working for the Texas courts and legislature, Jennifer Lundy recently made an announcement on social media. “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as executive director at Texans for Judicial Accountability!” she wrote. The former court reporter, campaign manager, and recent
He wanted to explain himself. Before Brendon Jones appeared in Tarrant County Criminal Court No. 10 in October 2021, the young husband and stepfather was ready to prove the accusations against him were patently false. Little did he know Phil Sorrells was hearing the case. Sorrells, who had served on the bench for 30
The rulings of Texas’ criminal court judges are above reproach — unless, of course, defendants have the time and money to appeal those decisions to a higher court that typically doesn’t reverse them. Protections for criminal judges go far beyond favorable appellate rulings. Our magazine’s ongoing investigation of
With a Republican district attorney runoff weeks away and the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean set for June, the integrity of Tarrant County’s criminal justice system is understandably a topic of debate and scrutiny. Republican races continue to focus on supposed outsider meddling by
When it comes to government work, the line between doing personal favors for friends and breaking the law depends on the degree of the infraction and whether the officials were caught in the act. Our magazine frequently reports on the type of insider deals that recently saddled New York’s former lieutenant