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Difficulty of Jury Selection in Child Sexual Assault Cases

Two child sexual assault (CSA) cases in Texas offer a glimpse into the varied kinds of cases in which juries must determine guilt or…

Will “Loophole” Exposed by Zombie Apocolypse Case Lead to New Laws?

Owners of a renowned Dallas-based “headshop” (a retail outlet specializing in paraphernalia for the consumption of cannabis and/or tobacco), the Gas Pipe, were recently…

Texas Voir Dire: The First Step To a Fair Trial

Voir dire—French for “to speak the truth”—is the first opportunity a defense attorney has to interact with the jury directly in a criminal case.…

Reforming Criminal Justice in Our Country Starts with These Two Laws

The release of thousands of unjustly jailed citizens, an end to solitary confinement, a ban on private prisons, and raising the bar on prosecutorial…

Bribery, “Official Acts,” and Calling the Law into Question

Businessman Greg Linberg owns an investment firm as well as a third-party company that manages insurance and reinsurance agencies in North Carolina. He is…

Just a Few of the Times Trump May Have Broken Federal Laws This Year

Recent media reports that a whistleblower complaint involving President Trump may not only change the political landscape of the 2020 presidential election campaign but…

Former Prosecutor Tries to Fend Off Serious Misconduct Charges

In 2003, three men were indicted for capital murder in connection with the April 3rd murders of two people during an attempted robbery of…

Is Houston Immigration Advocate Facing Deportation Being Targeted?

When Roland Gramajo invited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to a town-hall meeting about federal immigration raids, he hoped to assuage the community’s…

Should Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh be Impeached?

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh knows a thing or two about impeachment. After graduating from Yale College as a “cum laude” undergraduate in…

Texas Executions In 2019: Six Down, Nine More to Go

Texas executed its first prisoner with a single dose of pentobarbital on July 18, 2012. His name was Yokamon Hearn. He was 19 years…

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