Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
White Collar Bandits Loot the Country, Immigration Crimes Take Priority
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican candidate promised potential voters that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C. and “make our government honest…
Texas Civil Asset Forfeiture Once Again Under Scrutiny
Civil asset forfeiture is nothing short of policing for profit. The concept of the government seizing personal property and assets for charged and uncharged…
The Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration
In 2016, the Prison Policy Initiative estimated there are 2,298,300 people incarcerated in the United States: 1,316,000 of whom are in state prisons and…
The First Step Act: Only A Small Step Towards Reform
The ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the establishment of a federal government did not bring with it a federal prison system. Individuals who…
Can A Prosecutor Be Fired for Refusing to Violate the Law?
In 2013, Eric Hillman was employed as an assistant district attorney in Nueces County, Texas. Mark Skurka was the duly elected district attorney for…
Lame Duck Congress Faces Criminal Justice Reform Dilemma
Writing in the November 4, 2018 edition of Law 360, Michael Macagnone pointed out that the current lame duck Republican-controlled Congress has slightly more…
Corruption Prosecutions Decline Under Trump
President Donald J. Trump will have a unique place in American presidential history: the most corrupt president to ever occupy the White House, surpassing…
Excessive Force by Police Results In PTSD
On August 28, 2018, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a police excessive force case that will not please the…
The Vanishing Criminal Trial, Justice Denied
In a November 2016 post, we made this observation about the vanishing trial in the federal court system: “ … it’s behind closed doors…
“Qualified Immunity Smacks of Unqualified Impunity”
Those words were written by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Don R. Willett in an August 31, 2018 decision—Zadeh v. Robinson. In the…
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