Category Archives: Criminal Law
Avoiding Civil War Between Police and Black America
There has always been something fundamentally flawed about the relationship between the police and black people in this country. This troubled relationship actually pre-dates…
Another Demonstration of Police Misconduct Run Amok
The National Institute of Justice has found that a police officer’s “demeanor and actions are crucial to perceptions of police legitimacy. If officers communicate…
Justice Department Should Investigate Bad Prosecutors
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) monitors lawless local police departments and state prisons across the country – and there are plenty of them in…
Lawsuit Against Use of Police Attack Dog in Routine Arrest Gets Court Approval to Proceed
While there are no statistics readily available, police K-9 apprehensions number in the tens of thousands each year. Excessive police force claims tend to…
Top 4 Ways Federal Criminal Defense Differs from State Defense
There are actually 52 court systems in the United States: the 50 state systems, the federal system, and the local court system in the…
Black Lives Movement Does Matter
The current presidential election campaign has awakened the racial divide in this country. And it’s not a pretty sight. The latest example of this…
DWI: Should It Be a Crime to Refuse Blood and Breath Testing?
Currently pending before the Supreme Court are consolidated cases from Minnesota and North Dakota—under the title of Birchfield v. North Dakota—that could significantly change…
The Demand for Bail Reform Gains Traction
You know there is a need for “reform” when all sides of the political spectrum join forces in demanding it. The staggering expense of…
Denial of Bail Offends Presumption of innocence, Forces Pleas and Leads to Jail Deaths
We recently posted a piece about bail which is an essential component of our criminal justice system but which is too often abused by those in…
Two Systems of Justice: Black and White
The recent dust up between former President Bill Clinton and the activist from Black Lives Matter raised the serious, and quite relevant, question about…
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