Who would think that pizza dough could lead to federal charges? Well, as it turns out, when you tamper with consumer products, the federal…
Protests and other forms civil disobedience have been in the news lately. When such events result in property damage or injuries to other people,…
Following the horrendous kidnapping and murder of nine-year-old Jessica Lunsford in 2005, Florida enacted Jessica’s Law. The statute was intended to create tough penalties…
Article 38.072 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure—more commonly known as the “outcry” statute—is thorny legal terrain in child sex cases. The statute…
The National Registry of Exonerations (“NRE”) is a combined project of the University of Michigan Law School, Michigan State University College of Law, and…
Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott does not like the constitutional right to bail. Under Article 1, Section 11 of the Texas Constitution’s Bill of Rights,…
The rules of evidence generally prohibit the use of crimes, wrongs, or other bad acts to prove a person’s character to show that a…
Text messaging is now the preferred of communication for most people in the world today. In America, federal laws have scrambled to keep pace…
Justice delayed is indeed justice denied. Lamar Johnson has seen justice delayed for more than a quarter of a century, and to this day…
Qualified immunity is a judicial doctrine created in 1967 by the U.S. Supreme Court. This doctrine provides public officials—most notably law enforcement officers—with a…
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