AG Paxton Leads Coalition Defending the Death Penalty
Attorney General Ken Paxton led a multi-state coalition in support of Georgia’s efforts to fend off a challenge to the only methods of execution currently permitted under current Georgia law, by lethal injection.
AG Paxton Calls Out Biden Administration for Removal of Title 42
Attorney General Paxton is calling out the Biden Administration for ending the Trump era immigration policy, Title 42, which allowed for the swift deportation of illegal aliens to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
AG Paxton Joins Amicus in Support of Gun Owners of America Challenging ATF’s Final Rule
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an amicus brief co-led by Montana and West Virginia calling for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal’s decision in Gun Owners of America v. Garland, which upheld the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF’s) Final Rule on bump stocks. Bump stocks are accessories that allow most semi-automatic firearms to shoot more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger.
Top 10 Texas Most Wanted Fugitive Arrested
James Mark Bishop, a top 10 Texas Most Wanted Fugitive, was arrested in Medford, Oregon on March 28, 2022, for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child and Indecency with a Child by Sexual Contact, for offenses alleged to have occurred in Texas.
AG Paxton Announces Win Against City of San Antonio for Violating SB4 by Refusing to Cooperate with Illegal Immigration Enforcement Efforts
Attorney General Paxton announced a settlement win in his lawsuit against the City of San Antonio, the San Antonio City Manager, and the City’s Chief of Police, brought to address their violations of Senate Bill 4 (SB4), Texas’s Anti-Sanctuary City law.
Leon County Jury Delivers Guilty Verdict in Capital Murder Case
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Criminal Prosecutions Division was responsible for securing a guilty verdict in State of Texas vs. Hollis Willingham for capital murder from a Leon County Jury in the 369th District Court. Willingham was arrested and convicted of the 2007 murder of Jim Craig Martin.
AG Paxton Denounces SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson for Her Soft Treatment of Criminals Who Possess, Publish, Produce Child Porn
Attorney General Paxton is leading a coalition of attorneys general in opposing Biden’s nominee to the United States Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
AG Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round Up
The law enforcement round up highlights important arrests from the Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation, and Fugitive Apprehension units.
Special Grand Jury Votes Not to Indict Kyle Carruth
The Office of the Attorney General, acting as Attorney Pro Tem, presented to a Special Grand Jury of Lubbock County, the investigation into the shooting of Chad Read by Kyle Carruth that occurred in Lubbock, Texas on November 5th, 2021.
AG Paxton Visits City of Carbon Amid One of the Largest Wildfires in Texas History
Attorney General Ken Paxton met with Fire Chief Jody Forbus of Carbon, Texas to tour the area ravaged by the blaze and address one of the largest wildfires in our state’s history.