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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Texas Court Halts Rodney Reed Execution Over Questions of Withheld Evidence, False Testimony

Jordan Smith — Nov. 17

In a dramatic turn of events, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an indefinite stay of execution for Rodney Reed on November 15.

Texas Prepares to Execute Rodney Reed Amid a Flood of New Evidence Pointing to His Innocence

Jordan Smith — Nov. 8

As Texas forges ahead with execution plans, three more witnesses come forward with explosive accounts.

MurdervilleGeorgia Supreme Court Urges State to Stop Stonewalling In Devonia Inman Case: “Let Justice Be Done”

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith — Sep. 20

Justice David Nahmias lamented the court’s previous refusal to review Devonia Inman’s case and expressed grave doubts about Inman’s underlying guilt.

As Trump Fans the Flames of Anti-Abortion Rhetoric, Kansas Offers a Cautionary Tale

Jordan Smith — Aug. 2

Threats against abortion providers have often been condoned by the state. Perhaps nowhere does history more clearly illustrate this point than in Wichita.

MurdervilleIn Georgia’s “Murderville,” Devonia Inman May Finally Have a Chance to Prove His Innocence

Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith — Jul. 26

Inman is serving a life sentence for murder. But DNA evidence implicates another man, Hercules Brown, who went on to kill at least two other people.

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