The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it was a $35 million international drug ring that produced 9.5 tons of synthetic marijuana. Fourteen individuals were arrested last month in Houston in connection with the narcotics trafficking conspiracy, including a finance…
Author: Staff Writer
2016
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
The first federal child pornography law, Sexual Exploitation of Children Act, was enacted in 1978. Years of legal development have made any sexual exploitation a serious federal and state violation
This development began following the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court…
2016
Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law
There are actually 52 court systems in the United States: the 50 state systems, the federal system, and the local court system in the District of Columbia. The supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution requires that federal law trumps any…
2016
Category: Espionage | Federal Criminal Law
The ugly mood of war gripped the nation on April 2, 1917 when President Woodrow Wilson sought from the U.S. Congress a declaration of war against Germany. Senator Charles Culberson of Texas and Representative Edwin Webb of North Carolina responded…
2016
Category: Sex Crimes
There are more than 87,000 registered sex offenders in the State of Texas. Registration requirements in Texas are strict. Sex offenders are required by law to provide the public with virtually every aspect of their personal life: Social Security number,…
2016
Category: Fraud | Money Laundering
The federal government last month indicted eleven operators of alleged “brothels” in New York City.
Charged with conspiracy to violate the Travel Act and money laundering, the federal indictment filed on April 13 in the Southern District of New…
2016
Category: Federal Domestic Violence
The recent indictment by a Dallas County grand jury of Johnny Manziel for a Class A misdemeanor assault based on allegations made by his former girlfriend, Colleen Crowley, has placed the recurring issue of domestic violence in the center of…
2016
Category: Federal Criminal Law
There are two types of crimes in the United States: federal and state law violations.
State crimes are a defined by statutes enacted by state legislatures. They apply to residents and visitors to the state. Each criminal statute proscribes…
2016
Category: Immigration Crimes
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has made illegal immigrants the face of crime.
But what are the facts?
The American Immigration Council is a much better trumpeter of the facts than headline-seeking politicians. The Council informs us…
2016
Category: Immigration Crimes
The March 22, 2016 arrest of Jose Antonio-Landin-Ortiz and Jose Alfredo-Ortiz-Vega—both of whom are from Mexico and who were living in the U.S. illegally—at the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint underscore the recurring problem in this state, and other states as well,…