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Criminal Jurisdiction
A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
Demand for Revenge Meets Faith Based Program’s Obligation for Mercy
Texas takes pride in its perception of being a God-fearing state. It also takes pride in its...
Execution of Ramiro Gonzales Illustrates Fallacy of Future Dangerousness
If a jury convicts a defendant of capital murder in Texas, state law requires the trial court to...
Exonerations and Wrongful Convictions: Texas Leads Nation in Sex Crimes Exonerations
In the May 31, 2024 edition of The Wrongful Conviction Law Review (Vol. 5, No. 1), two distinguished...
U.S. Supreme Court Curtails Use of Safety Valve to Avoid Federal Mandatory Minimums
In a complicated and convoluted March 15, 2024 decision,Pulsifer v. United States, the U.S. Supreme...
Right to Counsel Reaffirmed, Still in Crosshairs of Supreme Court
The American Bar Association list Gideon V. Wainwright (1963) as one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s...
Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child: The Most Serious Crime in Texas After Capital Murder
Enacted in 2007 as part of the Texas Legislature’s package of child sex offenses known as “Jessica’s...
