There are times when courts of appeals entertain certain issues of the law because the trial court failed to take reasonable steps to safe…
The killing of a mentally ill, 66-year old, African American woman by police has been officially criticized as violating NYPD police policy. Deborah Danner…
In 1997, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Ricciuti v. N.Y.C. Transit Authority held that law enforcement officers who fabricate evidence against a…
Last month, on the heels of a string of high-profile police killings, the nation again witnessed two fatal police shootings: one in El Cajon,…
The Harris County Jail (“Jail”) houses more than 9,000 inmates and is the third largest jail in the country. We have previously stated the…
The Houston Chronicle carried a recent report that the Harris County District Attorney’s Office had dismissed 90 misdemeanor and felony drug cases because a…
The Harris County Jail (HCJ)is the third largest jail in the United States, and the largest in the State of Texas. It houses roughly…
Let us start by stating that most police officers are decent, hardworking people who make good faith efforts to fulfill their sworn duty to…
In 2012, a judge in Sacramento placed a 17-year-old rape victim in juvenile detention because she failed to appear in court on two occasions…
America’s penal incarceration statistics are shocking to say the least. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that there were 2.2 million people in…
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