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The “Hound Dog Handler” Comes Full Circle to Face Justice

In the heyday of his career as an “expert” for unscrupulous prosecutors around the state, Keith Pickett enjoyed a star witness status—the Hound Dog…

What to Know about Texas’s New Sex Crimes Against Children Unit

Crimes against children, especially sex offenses, receive more significant law enforcement attention that other criminal offenses. Texas is on the precipice of establishing a…

Out-Of-State Offense Cannot Support Continuous Sexual Abuse Conviction

Under Texas law, a person who commits two or more acts of sexual abuse against a child younger than 14 years of age, during…

DWI Jury Charge Must be Tailored to Facts Presented at Trial

The Texas Penal Code § 49.04 prohibits the driving of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Section 49.01(2)(A) defines intoxication as “not having the normal…

The Cost of Texas’ Sex Offender Registration Program

As of September 1, 2017, the State of Texas had 90,616 registered sex offenders. Sex offender registration has been around a long time in…

Are You In Danger from Texas’s New Searchable Sex Offender Database?

The Texas sex offender database has been made easier for the public to search for registered sex offenders. The Texas Department of Public Safety…

Criminal Defense Attorney on The Horns of Dilemma

Drunken cowboys and cowgirls on a trail ride is a recipe for trouble—and that is precisely what a jury found happen in December 2012…

Don’t Get Caught in the Crack Down on Cartels and Gangs

Since becoming the United States Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has continually misrepresented to the American public that the nation is facing a violent crime…

Convictions of Police Officers Indicted for Fatal Shootings Rare

Some of the facts in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith in December 2011 by former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley are…

Muslims Wrongfully Placed on Terrorist Selectee List Can’t Sue

The Terrorism Screening Center (TSC) is a multi-agency center created in 2003 in the wake of 9/11 terror attacks on the Twin Towers in…

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