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The Marshall Project. “This year’s winning projects show us the power of justice journalism. As an institution that educates fierce advocates for justice, we are proud to highlight their work,” said President Mason.  “Each of these projects shined a bright light on injustice and inequity and sparked calls for action leading to significant policy changes.” “For the sixteenth year in a row, The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to recognize the most compelling journalistic examinations of crime, violence, and justice in the United States,” said Foundation President Da...

Williamson County Sheriff Mike Gleason has rehired an indicted deputy accused of using excessive force on a 30-year-old woman in 2019. Deputy Christopher Pisa, 25, faces charges of assault and official oppression. Pisa, who had resigned last year, is now working in an administrative position and is not on patrol, Gleason said Friday. The hiring comes as Gleason has said that he is trying to reboot an agency that has faced intense public scrutiny over how deputies used force and other controversial tactics under the administration of former Sheriff Robert Chody. Authorities have not release...

Scott Lewis, 31, was arrested in Austin in January 2019 after a traffic stop His DUI arrest was broadcast on the now-canceled reality TV show Live PD  He is now suing Williamson County claiming that deputies arrested him in a 'humiliating fashion' to make for more entertaining TV Lewis alleges that former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody encouraged his officers to play up situations for the show His suit cites the death in custody of Javier Ambler, 40, in March 2019 Ambler died after being tased and pleading with officers that he couldn't breathe during an arrest that was also filmed b...

A man whose January 2019 arrest was broadcast live in a "humiliating fashion" on the now-defunct TV reality show “Live PD” has sued Williamson County in federal court, claiming the incident left him with physical and emotional scars and that much of what happened was staged for ratings.  The suit by Scott Phillip Lewis cited multiple practices of the Williamson County sheriff’s office and former Sheriff Robert Chody that were revealed through months of investigation by the American-Statesman. The suit — one of several alleging excessive force and other abuses linked to the department...

In an emphatic break from his predecessors, Travis County District Attorney José Garza has released the first of what are promised to be bimonthly reports on his office's investigations into allegations of potential misconduct by local law enforcement officers. The five-page brief, issued on Jan. 14, compiles information on each case his office is working – there are more than two dozen, including three that have already resulted in indictments – including the names of those hurt or killed (except when minors or in cases of sexual assault) and of police officers involved. It also estima...