Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law
Indicted Governor Still Haunted by Wrongful Execution and Political Cover-up
Cameron Todd Willingham was executed by the State of Texas on February 17, 2004. He was the seventh person put to death that year…
Pentagon Pipeline Turning American Streets into Militarized War Zones
The recent confrontations between the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department and the city’s African-American community have served at least one purpose: it has shown the…
Nervousness Provides Little Weight in Reasonable Suspicion Calculus
Kentucky is often a state of distinction for the wrong reasons. It ranks in the top ten of the two of the worst categories:…
There is No Humane Method of Execution
On July 21, 2014, Arizona convicted murderer John Rudolph Woods became the fourth condemned inmate this year to die in a “botched” lethal injection…
RELIABILITY OF VIDEOTAPED CONFESSIONS IN DEBATE
Courts generally consider the evidentiary power of confessions to be uniquely persuasive of guilt. In 1991, the U.S. Supreme Court Arizona v. Fulminante found…
Texas Court Sets Hurdles in Intentional Forensic Misconduct Cases
In January 2012 the Texas Department of Public Safety realized it had a major problem with one of its employees—a forensic scientist named Jonathan…
SCOTUS Empowers Expectation of Privacy in Cell Phones
It has been hailed by privacy rights activists and legal scholars as the most significant U.S. Supreme Court decision in the “digital age.” The…
Death Forgives Mobster Samuel Volpendesto’s Restitution Debt
Let it be said that Samuel Volpendesto led an interesting, albeit controversial, life. He was a war hero earning a box full of medals,…
Appearance of “Narco Saint, Angel of the Poor” in Arkansas Federal Court Leads to Drug Conviction
PRESENCE OF “NARCO SAINT” LEADS TO DRUG CONVICTIONS At the turn of the 20th century, Jesus Malverde was a Mexican bandit who roamed the…
US Supreme Court Rebukes 5th Circuit in Harris County Case
In a forceful per curiam decision handed down on May 5, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court…
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