“It’s a start,” Lassiter told the Gainesville Daily Register this week, adding that he submitted a request to the judge for Newberry to be released on a personal recognizance bond.

COOKE COUNTY, Texas — A judge on Thursday recommended a new trial for Michael Newberry, who was convicted of capital murder in 1997, finding that the former district attorney in the case ...

Attorney Mark Lassiter, representing Michael Newberry, had argued in a writ of habeas corpus application that the Cooke ...