DNA evidence didn’t put him at the scene of the crime. Now Darius Elam's legal team is fighting to compare the results to a database of suspects.
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Eileen Grench
Eileen Grench covers public safety for the Abdelraoufsinno, where two of her primary areas of focus will be the Houston Police Department and Harris County Sheriff’s Office. She is returning to local news after a year as the national justice reporter at The Daily Beast. Eileen previously covered juvenile justice for a nonprofit newsroom, THE CITY, in New York as a Report for America Corps member. At THE CITY, she was a 2021 Livingston Award finalist for her coverage of inequities in child welfare, and won the Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Award in Local Investigative Reporting for her series on education in juvenile detention centers during the coronavirus pandemic. Eileen also worked as an investigative reporting fellow at the Global Migration Project at Columbia University, covering immigration issues for outlets such as The New Yorker, The Intercept, The Nation and Documented.
Will John Whitmire ‘pick up the mantle’ on policing reform? Why advocates aren’t so sure.
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Harris County’s sheriff fired him for bigotry. The DA’s office hired him one month later.
Information technology analyst Robert “Mark” Antill landed a job at the district attorney’s office within weeks of his firing for making numerous offensive comments.
Houston city council to consider plan to stop charging residents for new streetlights
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The murder suspect had attempted to carjack a car driven by a mother dropping off her kids at school and fled in another carjacked vehicle.
Houston defense lawyer accused of smuggling drug-laced paperwork into Harris County Jail
Two possible overdose deaths at the Harris County Jail sparked an investigation that led to the arrest last week of Houston lawyer Ronald Lewis.
Evans-Shabazz, Plummer, Huffman forced into runoffs, as controller race heads to second round
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Harris County criminal justice leaders debating reinvestment in ‘cite and release’
Local law enforcement in recent years has barely utilized the program, which aims to keep more nonviolent offenders out of the overcrowded jail.
Prosecutors: Houston police officer won’t face charges in 2 separate fatal shootings
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