Category Archives: Criminal Law
JUNK SCIENCE: BITE MARK EVIDENCE CALLED INTO QUESTION
This past February the Texas Forensic Science Commission (TFSC) recommended that Texas courts discontinue allowing prosecutors to introduce bite mark evidence in criminal trials…
DA Exposed for Picking All-White Juries in Wharton County
Keeping African Americans off juries in criminal case is not a new phenomenon. In fact, currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court is the case of…
SCOTUS Adding Stun Guns to 2nd Amendment Precedent?
A stun gun is more commonly known as a Taser. It is a device or weapon from which an electrical current may be fired…
Justice Delayed for the San Antonio Four
In September 1994, four San Antonio women—Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Anna Vasquez, and Kristie Mayhugh—were arrested and charged with sexually assaulting two nieces, ages 9 and…
Civil Case Against Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed, Compliant, 68 Year-Old African-American Man Will Proceed
Qualified immunity is generally the first defense invoked by a police officer when faced with a lawsuit alleging that he or she intentionally violated…
Why Did Discredited Texas DA Chose Palau to Practice his Brand of Law
In 2011, DNA results completely exonerated Michael Morton as the killer of his wife. Morton had spent nearly 25 years in the Texas prison…
Republican Judges Give Governor Perry a Free Pass on Abuse of Power Indictment
FORMER TEXAS GOV. RICK PERRY GETS FREE PASS ON ABUSE OF POWER INDICTMENT On February 24, 2013, the Texas Court of Appeals put an…
Justice Antonin Scalia’s Death Offers Vitality to Court
Justice Antonin Scalia is dead. He died on February 13 at a West Texas ranch resort. By all accounts it was a peaceful passing.…
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Hot Over New Forensic Science Writ
New criminal laws are enacted by the legislative branch of government. Some create new offenses with proscribed penalties. Others are remedial in nature, creating…
Corporations Continue to Escape Criminal Liability
Americans over the past five or six decades have been lulled into believing white collar crime—crimes committed by the affluent or large companies (fraud,…
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