Category Archives: Sex Crimes
Prosecutorial Misconduct, Win at All Cost, Forget the Constitution
Some prosecutors, at both the state and federal level, find it almost irresistible to engage in misconduct when prosecuting child sexual abuse cases. Those…
What Do Massage Parlors in Houston Have to Do with Sex Trafficking?
Prostitution has been called the world’s oldest profession. As it does with everything, time has sown changes in the sex industry. While many sex…
California Creates Pathway to Sex Offender De-Registration
With more than 105,000 registered sex offenders, the State of California recently took a bold step toward inserting some rationality into its sex offender…
What to Know about Texas’s New Sex Crimes Against Children Unit
Crimes against children, especially sex offenses, receive more significant law enforcement attention that other criminal offenses. Texas is on the precipice of establishing a…
Out-Of-State Offense Cannot Support Continuous Sexual Abuse Conviction
Under Texas law, a person who commits two or more acts of sexual abuse against a child younger than 14 years of age, during…
The Cost of Texas’ Sex Offender Registration Program
As of September 1, 2017, the State of Texas had 90,616 registered sex offenders. Sex offender registration has been around a long time in…
Are You In Danger from Texas’s New Searchable Sex Offender Database?
The Texas sex offender database has been made easier for the public to search for registered sex offenders. The Texas Department of Public Safety…
Criminal Defense Attorney on The Horns of Dilemma
Drunken cowboys and cowgirls on a trail ride is a recipe for trouble—and that is precisely what a jury found happen in December 2012…
Trial Victory Illustrates Tragedy of False Allegations
Child sexual abuse allegations are some of the most difficult cases our criminal justice system faces—especially for the defense attorneys who defend against them,…
Fourth Circuit Issues Significant Adam Walsh, Civil Commitment Ruling
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (“Act”) permits the federal government to civilly commit any child sex offender deemed “dangerous”…
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