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Trump and Possible Articles of Impeachment

Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution permits the U.S. House of Representatives of investigate and bring articles of impeachment against…

VA Nurse Takes Meds from Dying Veterans, Gets Federal Charges

Federal investigators have fast-tracked a criminal case against former VA nurse in Massachusetts. Mere weeks after her arrest, a grand jury has issued an…

Apparently, This “Dude” Abides with Breaking Federal Law

Most people assume that attorneys stay on the right side of the law. Attorney-client privilege, state bar oversight, and legal ethics keep them on…

The Need to Object to “Certificate of Analysis,” “Notice and Demand” Statutes

In December 2014, a Houston man named Andrew Lee Williams struck and killed a 49-year-old mother and grandmother with his vehicle as she jogging…

Court of Appeals Gives Nod to Improper Jury Argument

There was little doubt that Anthony Rashad George participated in the November 2016 robbery of 46-year-old Brian Sample in a North Dallas, Texas luxury…

What College Admissions Scandal Parents Are Up Against

Most Americans are very familiar with the college admissions scandal revealed earlier this year involving parents who paid to get their children enrolled in…

Rodney Reed: Possibly Innocent Man Faces Death Penalty

The Death Penalty Information Center reports that since 1973, 166 people who had been wrongly convicted in American courtrooms and sentenced to death have…

Prosecutorial Misconduct in Texas Death Penalty Cases

Unscrupulous prosecutors engage in misconduct in criminal proceedings because they know that they will, in all likelihood, get away with it—and if by happenstance…

Prosecutorial Misconduct in Closing Arguments

In 1935, roughly 85 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court in Berger v. United States made this oft-quoted observation about a prosecutor’s duty to…

Closing Argument: The Last Opportunity to Persuade The Jury

Many legal scholars believe that closing arguments are rightly considered the most important phase in a criminal trial. It is the last opportunity defense…

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