Capital Crimes

Criminal Jurisdiction

A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective

Jan 24, 2019

What do you think of when you hear the words “capital crime”? Most people in the Lone Star State...

Dec 2, 2018

The capital murder case of Roberto Moreno Ramos is extraordinary—not because of the crime that sent...

May 30, 2018

Death penalty trials, beyond a doubt, are the most difficult for a criminal defense attorney to try....

Mar 12, 2018

Some court decisions are well-reasoned; others are downright dumb. Then there are those decisions...

Mar 5, 2018

Kent Whitaker—an extraordinary man and an exceptional father. A person could travel this wretched...

Jan 16, 2018

The n-word has a long, sordid history in this country. The African-American Registry says that,...