. . . any such list is subjective, there's always room for debate. But here's how Grits would have ranked Texas' top criminal justice stories of 2015:
- Sandra Bland's death
- Darren Goforth's murder
- Waco biker shootout, aftermath
- Raising property theft thresholds
- DNA mixture debacle
- Decriminalizing truancy
- Ending pick-a-pal grand juries
- Strengthening junk science writ
- Flawed forensics reviews
Honorable mention:
- Exoneration Commission created
- DPS border surge made rest of state measurably less safe
- SCOTUS says Texas cops can shoot whomever they want
- Texas to gather data on police shootings
- Lege ends DPS gathering ten fingerprints for driver licenses
- Number of new death sentences plummets
