Category Archives: Murder
The Golden State Killer and Genetic Snitching
The Golden State Killer (GSK), as he was dubbed by the media, went on a prolific crime spree in ten northern California counties between…
Father’s Love Spares Condemned Man from Execution
Kent Whitaker—an extraordinary man and an exceptional father. A person could travel this wretched globe ten times over and could count the number of…
Bad Driving Is Not Criminally Negligent
Texas has more than its share of bad drivers. One of its cities, San Antonio, ranks in the top ten among the nation’s most…
Texas Court Finds No Expectation of Privacy in Cell Phone Records, Location Data
On April 12, 2017, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Article I, Section 9 of the Texas Constitution does not provide broader…
Police Misconduct, Louisiana Style, Demands Retrial of Murder Conviction
Let us start by stating that most police officers are decent, hardworking people who make good faith efforts to fulfill their sworn duty to…
Supreme Court Fails to Hear Case, Stop Georgia Execution Amid Documented Racism
U.S. Supreme Court decisions are often perplexing; sometimes impossible to understand, much less rationalize. That was the case when the Court on April 12,…
Dog “Deposits” Lead to Attack with Machete: a First for one Federal Court of Appeals
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over U.S. District Courts in Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio. In…
Prosecutor’s Disbarment for Wrongful Conviction of Anthony Graves Upheld
In 1994, former Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta prosecuted former prison guard Robert Carter and Anthony Graves for the murder of a Somerville…
More Prosecutorial Misconduct: Murder Conviction, 40 Year Sentence, Reversed after Court Finds Intentional Suppression of Favorable Evidence by Nueces County DA’s Office
Corpus Christi, Nueces County has a problem with their District Attorney’s Office. Over the last couple years the Texas State Bar has sent an…
Prosecutors Press for Executions Despite Questions of Innocence
The ghost of Glenn Ford will forever haunt former Louisiana prosecutor Marty Stroud. Failing to learn from Stroud’s sad example, prosecutors in Bowie County,…
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