Category Archives: Criminal Law
Who Controls the Defense Strategy, Attorney or Client?
Who controls the defense strategy in a criminal trial: the attorney or the defendant? That is a question the U.S. Supreme Court will answer…
Violations of Conditions of Civil Commitment Result in Life Sentence
Minnesota was one of the first states in the nation to establish a civil commitment program for violent sexual offenders. A federal court in…
No Man Is Above the Law, Not Even the President
No man is above the law. That’s what former President Theodore Roosevelt told this nation. President Donald J. Trump does not believe in this…
Biased Judge Goes Too Far
Judges have a sworn duty to be impartial when trying cases, especially criminal cases where life and liberty are at stake and the government…
Police Misconduct Leads to Mass Exoneration
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is one of the oldest modern police forces in the world. Perhaps that explains the department long history of…
Which Is More Important In The Word Guilty: The “I” Or “T”?
Jamie Hallmark entered into a plea agreement in Houston County. The written agreement stated that when she showed up for sentencing, she would receive…
“Fuck Trump” Window Sticker Causes Sheriff to Forget the Constitution
Karen Fonseca is a 46-year-old resident of Fort Bend County, Texas. She does not like President Donald Trump, and pretty much has the same…
Destruction of Evidence Creates Problems for Harris County Justice System
Harris County’s Precinct 4 is the largest Constable’s office in the United States with nearly 500 sworn deputies funded by a $52 million annual…
An Alternative to Federal “Tough on Crime” Laws
The nation’s “prison industrial complex”—which drew its name from the “military industrial complex” coined by President Eisenhower in 1959—began in earnest with President’s Reagan…
Texas National Guard Gets into Dirty Business of Surveillance
Digital Receiver Technology, Inc. manufactures a security surveillance device called DRT 1301C. The devices are known in law enforcement and military circles as “dirt…
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