John Whitmire

A Channelview mother says DWI laws need to be tougher. Just this week, she learned the woman who was charged with killing her son will not spend 6 years in prison instead she was given "shock probation". Shock probation is sort of like a scare tactic....

A Channelview mother says DWI laws need to be tougher. Just this week, she learned the woman who was charged with killing her son will not spend six years in prison. Instead, the woman was given "shock probation." Shock probation is sort of like a scare...

Despite neighborhood outrage and no state funding, a transitional housing facility for ex-cons and former drug addicts will move into a North Houston Neighborhood. Neighbors gathered with community leaders Wednesday to see if they can block the...

Texas inmates who are set to be executed will no longer get their choice of last meals, a change prison officials made Thursday after a prominent state senator became miffed over an expansive request from a man condemned for a notorious dragging death....

 a sign of compassion it has been customary for those set to be executed by the government to have their last meal include whatever they desire. In Texas that is no longer an option as those sentenced to die wanted to create one more victim - the...

When we flip a switch, we expect lights to come on. When it's hot outside, we count on our air conditioning systems to keep us cool inside. We want to be able to drink tap water without boiling it first. When we flush a toilet - well, out of sight, out of...

In Texas, death by lethal injection is no longer the picnic it once was. Incensed over the lengthy bill of fare a convicted killer requested for his last meal two weeks ago, State Senator John Whitmire demanded that the Texas Department of Criminal...

Texas Tribune The so-called puppy mill bill is one step closer to becoming law after the Senate tonight approved a less stringent version of the measure that would regulate cat and dog breeders. Under the bill, those who breed 20 or more cats and...

TENAHA, Texas— You can drive into this dusty fleck of a town near the Texas-Louisiana border if you're African-American, but you might not be able to drive out of it—at least not with your car, your cash, your jewelry or other valuables....

Some Texas leaders today demanded a crackdown on corrupt guards and an upgrade of security at state prisons. Sen. John Whitmire of Houston received calls this month from death row inmate Richard Tabler -- who used a smuggled cell phone. Whitmire, who...

A condemned killer whose use of a smuggled cell phone prompted a lockdown of the entire Texas prison system has received an execution date. Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials say they've received legal paperwork that sets May 20 as the date...