The mother of a young father killed in a Houston road rage shooting is speaking out after Governor Greg Abbott announced a new task force targeting repeat violent offenders.

Ironically, a few months ago the same study named Houston the second most sinful city in the U.S. right behind Las Vegas.

Houston was ranked right behind Sin City itself: Las Vegas.

A recent study revealed the age demographics of those who commit violent crimes, as well as victims of those crimes.

Authorities have released surveillance video more than two years after a Jack in the Box worker opened fire on a family during a dispute over french fries.

District Attorney Kim Ogg will join with law-enforcement officials, prosecutors and families of murder victims to discuss a new state law that takes effect Friday, requiring trial courts to make murder trials a priority, according to a release.

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges for authorization to resume his investigation into the so-called war on drugs in the Philippines.

The San Francisco district attorney’s stunning claim that California crime labs are using DNA from sexual assault survivors to investigate unrelated crimes shocked prosecutors nationwide.

An 18-year-old New Mexico woman accused of abandoning her newborn baby in a dumpster has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted first-degree murder and child abuse.

One person is dead and two others were left injured after police say an attempted robbery led to a triple shooting on Houston’s northeast side, police say.

The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar says preliminary evidence collected since the military seized power on Feb. 1 shows a widespread and systematic attack on civilians amounting to crimes against humanity.

HOUSTON – The Harris County District Attorney dismissed nearly 800 cases against protesters who were arrested during marches against police brutality in the past three weeks. DA Kim Ogg announced that prosecutors dismissed 796 cases after conducting a review that divided the cases into two groups — those who sought to do harm to others and property and those arrested for simple civil disobedience. The cases dismissed were for non-violent misdemeanor offenses, mostly obstructing a highway and trespassing. Only 51 adults and one juvenile now remain charged with active cases, which include 35 misdemeanor charges and 19 felony charges. “The only people I will be prosecuting are those who intentionally hurt others and intentionally destroy property.”