Category Archives: Drug Trafficking
The Crime of Chronic Pain
The numbers are indeed alarming. 100 million Americans live with chronic pain. It is the most common cause of long-term disability in this country.…
Don’t Get Caught in the Crack Down on Cartels and Gangs
Since becoming the United States Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has continually misrepresented to the American public that the nation is facing a violent crime…
Criminal Convictions Decline Under U.S. Attorney Sessions
U.S Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions was an intimate component of a presidential campaign built on promises—some 663 of them. The administration is at…
West Texas Oil Boom Leads to “Boom” in Drug Crimes
Oil was first discovered in Texas in the early 1900s. The industry it created has influenced and shape the state’s economy ever since. Boon…
U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Joint and Several Liability in Forfeiture Cases
On June 5, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision, Honeycutt v. United States, that limits the ability of the government to…
The New Politicized War on Drugs
The Department of Justice has finite resources. Beginning in 2013 and continuing through 2016, the DOJ adhered to its Smart on Crime Initiative designed…
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Caesar Takes What Does Not Belong to Caesar
Last year the federal government seized through its asset forfeiture laws $1,921,273,552.00 from both convicted and suspected criminal wrongdoers–$97,831.788.00 of which came from Texas.…
Civil Forfeiture Remains an Insidious, Corrupt Practice in Texas
The Government can proceed against an individual in two ways: either against the individual “personally” known as “in personam” or against their property known…
Prosecutorial Misconduct: Prosecutors Continue to Cheat
On June 26, 2017, the Boston Globe carried a report about a Springfield, Massachusetts judge who vacated several drug convictions because of misconduct by…
Unfair Federal Sentencing Scheme Causes Judge to Retire
Federal judges retire, not as frequently as other government and private sector employees but eventually they do leave the bench, one way or the…
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