Jordan Smith

Jordan Smith is a state and national award-winning investigative journalist based in Austin, Texas. She has covered criminal justice for 20 years and, during that time, has developed a reputation as a resourceful and dogged reporter with a talent for analyzing complex social and legal issues. She is regarded as one of the best investigative reporters in Texas. A longtime staff writer for the Austin Chronicle, her work has also appeared in The Nation, the Crime Report, and Salon, among other places.

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Women’s Health Protection Act Would Stop State Attacks on Abortion Access

Jordan Smith — May. 23

The timely reintroduction of this bill addresses the growing number of state restrictions on abortion access.

New Orleans Prosecutors Routinely Violate Defendants’ Right to Counsel to Keep Them in Jail

Jordan Smith — May. 15

Prosecutors are sidestepping the Sixth Amendment by seeking bail hikes in undisclosed meetings with judges, according to a new report by Court Watch NOLA.

Ten Years After a Landmark Study Blew the Whistle on Junk Science, the Fight Over Forensics Rages On

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith — May. 5

Forensic practices used to convict people and send them to prison still lack meaningful scientific underpinning.

Lies, Damn Lies, and Abortion

Jordan Smith — Apr. 28

Recent abortion restrictions notable for their extremity expose the fiction that any of these laws were ever about anything other than intimidating women.

21,000 Years Lost and Counting: Prosecutors Are Working to Clear Wrongful Convictions, but Their Record Is Mixed

Jordan Smith — Apr. 24

The number of conviction integrity units housed within prosecutors’ offices has steadily grown, and many are collaborating with innocence organizations.

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