Pamela Colloff
ProPublica
Austin, TX, United States
Contact Pamela
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Pamela:
Convicted Based on Lies —
These 10 men went to prison after prosecutors relied on the dubious accounts of jailhouse informants. Years later, each of them was exonerated. → Read More
He’s a Liar, a Con Artist and a Snitch. His Testimony Could Soon Send a Man to His Death. —
Paul Skalnik has a decadeslong criminal record and may be one of the most prolific jailhouse informants in U.S. history. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word. → Read More
Bloodstain Analysis Convinced a Jury She Stabbed Her 10-Year-Old Son. Now, Even Freedom Can’t Give Her Back Her Life. —
Julie Rea was convicted of killing her son largely on the testimony of bloodstain-pattern analysts. She was later acquitted and exonerated, joining a growing community of Americans wrongly convicted with bad science. → Read More
Blood Will Tell —
Bloodstain-pattern analysis, and the experts who specialize in it, have helped prosecutors secure convictions across the country. But how much science is really behind the interpretation of blood spatters? → Read More
Blood Will Tell
Joe Bryan has spent the past three decades in prison for the murder of his wife, a crime he claims he didn’t commit.His conviction rested largely on “bloodstain-pattern analysis” — a technique still in use throughout the criminal-justice system, despite concerns about its reliability.Should this type of forensic science remain in the courtroom? → Read More
Blood Will Tell
The murder of Mickey Bryan, a quiet fourth-grade teacher, stunned her small Texas town. Then her husband, a beloved high school principal, was charged with killing her.Did he do it, or had there been a terrible mistake? → Read More
Inside Out
A group of young activists reclaim the language and words that have been used to define them. → Read More
96 Minutes
At 11:48 a.m. on August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman began firing his rifle from the top of the University of Texas Tower at anyone and everyone in his sights. At 1:24 p.m., he was gunned down himself. The lives of the people who witnessed the sniper’s spree firsthand would never be the same again. → Read More
The Reckoning: The Story of Claire Wilson
Fifty years ago, when Claire Wilson was eighteen, she was critically wounded during the 1966 UT Tower shooting—the first massacre of its kind. How does the path of a bullet change a life? → Read More
Ex-Priest Arrested In The 1960 Murder of Irene Garza
In the 56 years since Irene Garza's murder, there has only been one suspect: John Feit, the priest who heard her last confession. → Read More
Our Dignity, Our Destiny
The legacy of the Voting Rights Act. → Read More
While We're Young
Twenty-two Texans on why they will (or won’t) go to the ballot box. → Read More
Time and Punishment
Pamela Colloff writes about the first prosecutor to be disbarred under a new law in Texas. → Read More
Ex-DA Who Sent Exoneree Anthony Graves to Death Row Is Disbarred
A small measure of justice was served when the State Bar of Texas stripped Charles Sebesta of his law license and formally disbarred him. → Read More
Capital Murder Case Against Hannah Overton Dismissed
Nine years after Hannah Overton’s nightmarish journey through the criminal justice system began, it ended just as abruptly. → Read More
To Love and to Cherish
When it comes to legalizing gay marriage, Texas remains a stubborn holdout. But for Cleopatra De Leon and Nicole Dimetman, who have sued the state for the right to marry, change can’t come soon enough. → Read More
Fifth Circuit Hears Texas’ Same-Sex Marriage Lawsuit
The famously conservative court surprises everyone by signaling it might overturn the ban. → Read More
Hannah Overton Will Be Home For Christmas
Corpus Christi Mother of Five Released on Bond. → Read More
The Guilty and the Innocent
Pamela Colloff on holding prosecutors accountable. → Read More
The Guilty and the Innocent
Pamela Colloff on holding prosecutors accountable. → Read More