Clare Amari | Staff writer
A Houston Landing investigation identified more than one hundred criminal appeals that were lost in the Harris County felony courts for years and even decades. Instead of processing through the system, they simply fell through the cracks – with disastrous consequences for some of the defendants affected.
‘He fell through the cracks’: Prosecutors say man on death row for 30 years deserves new sentencing
After 24 years of inaction, court sides with another prisoner in delayed Harris County appeal
‘Appalling and inexplicable’: District clerk uncovers about 100 delayed Harris County appeals
‘Systemic failure’: Court blasts Harris County for dozens of appeals that sat dormant for years
‘I’m still a human being’: A Houston man fights for justice in his long-neglected appeal
‘Forgotten’ inmate Syed Rabbani taken off death row after waiting nearly 30 years
His criminal appeal was supposed to be his ticket out of prison. Then, the courts lost it.
Texas kept Syed Rabbani on death row unconstitutionally for decades. It almost killed him