Price of Injustice in Texas

By Vanessa E. Curry On paper, the list of names neatly aligned with corresponding six-figure dollar amounts simply reflects the monetary cost of rectifying the legal system’s worst nightmare. The total tops $23.3 million, a combination of lump-sum payments and...

Judge Reinstates Cook Lawsuit

  By Vanessa E. Curry A civil rights lawsuit filed by former death row inmate Kerry Max Cook is back on track after a federal judge agreed to return his amended complaint to the active docket. Judge Jeremy Kernodle signed the order Jan. 22. Cook filed an amended...

Cook lawsuit stalled in federal court

By Vanessa E. Curry Kerry Max Cook’s attempt to hold the City of Tyler and Smith County accountable for his wrongful conviction may have hit a legal road block in federal court that defense attorneys argue should not be lifted. Cook filed a civil rights violation suit...

FYI: Book signing schedule

Vanessa E. Curry, author of Lies and Consequences: Covering the Trials of Kerry Max Cook is scheduled to appear in Tyler on the following times and days for a book signing. Copies of her book may be purchased at these locations and Curry is scheduled to be available...

The End?

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War of Words Part II

Journalist Evan Moore weighs in on the Kerry Max Cook case via an editorial published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph https://tylerpaper.com/opinion/columnists/moore-promise-of-courtroom-injustice-proves-true/article_27de6e46-7205-11ef-a3e4-07ef486253df.html Vanessa E....