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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; Homicide Crimes Lawyer</title>
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		<title>THE TEXAS DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM BROKEN</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/12/11/the-texas-death-penalty-system-broken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nationally Recognized Experts, Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Cite Risk of Innocents Being Put to Death, State of Texas Replies “No Comment”

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

That question could reasonably be asked of any state that maintains the death penalty. Every system of punishment is cracked in one way or another. The fact that 138 condemned inmates in 26 death penalty states have been exonerated since 1973, and the fact that there have been 261 DNA exonerations in this country since 1989, and the fact that our law books are filled with reversals of criminal convictions and death sentences offers compelling evidence that our entire criminal justice system, and, in particular, our death penalty systems is if not broken, certainly flawed. Earlier this year Harris County Criminal District Court Judge Kevin Fine stirred considerable legal and political controversy when he declared from the bench that Texas’ death penalty procedures were unconstitutional. The backlash was so intense, from the state’s attorney general to its governor, that Judge Fine clarified his ruling the next day by saying he had not actually declared the death penalty process unconstitutional and ordered attorneys in the case to submit additional legal arguments detailing how the process was so flawed that it violated the “cruel and unusual punishment” provisions of the Eighth Amendment.]]></description>
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		<title>THE COST OF MURDER-THE PRICE OF INNOCENCE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/10/30/the-cost-of-murder-the-price-of-innocence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/10/30/the-cost-of-murder-the-price-of-innocence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homicide Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony Graves Exonerated: Blatant Prosecutorial Misconduct of D.A. Charles Sebesta Sent Innocent Man to Death Row for 18 Years

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

A recent Iowa State University study, conducted by sociology professor Matt DeLisi, found that the total cost to society for a single murder in the United States is $17.25 million. Professor DeLisi led a team of five Iowa State graduate students in a study of 654 convicted and incarcerated murderers. This enormous price tag is measured in terms of costs to the victims, the criminal justice system, loss of productivity to both the victim and offender, and estimated costs to society to prevent future violence.]]></description>
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		<title>ARSON MURDER-TOO MANY MISTAKES DEMANDS SCRUTINY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/08/17/arson-murder-too-many-mistakes-demands-scrutiny/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/08/17/arson-murder-too-many-mistakes-demands-scrutiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flawed Forensics in Arson Cases: One Executed, One on Death Row, Four in Prison

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

The question hangs like ugly morning moss from a large swamp oak tree: Did the State of Texas execute an innocent man when it put Cameron Todd Willingham to death on February 17, 2004? Just last month the Texas Forensic Science Commission ruled that Willingham’s August 1992 murder conviction was based on flawed forensic evidence. The Willingham case—and the way it has been handled by state officials and in particular Tex. Gov. Rick Perry and especially by Willingham’s former defense attorney—has proven to be a national and international embarrassment to the state’s criminal justice system.]]></description>
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		<title>HOUSTON LAW ENFORCEMENT FACES TOUGH TIMES</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/06/09/houston-law-enforcement-faces-tough-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/06/09/houston-law-enforcement-faces-tough-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decreased Police Budget: Increased Unsolved Crime, Botched Investigations, Wrongful Arrests and Convictions

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Thomas Hargrove, Scripps Howard News Service, reported last month that 6,000 homicides go unsolved in this country each year. Hargrove said the number of “unsolved homicides” has risen at an alarming rate even though the nation’s homicide rate has decreased to levels last seen in the 1960s. Most of these unsolved homicides occur in dozens of the nation’s largest cities.]]></description>
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		<title>TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS STRIKES BALANCE FOR RULE OF LAW</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/04/16/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-strikes-balance-for-rule-of-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/04/16/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-strikes-balance-for-rule-of-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wilson v. State; Court Reverses Conviction Obtained After Finding Investigator Used False Fingerprint Lab Report to Obtain Confession

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

It was New Year’s Day, 2006. Ronald Wilson called 911 to report he had discovered a man’s body on a San Antonio street while walking with his son. The police responded to the call and found the body of Amos Gutierrez who had been killed with a single fatal gunshot. The police also found a magazine clip near Gutierrez’s body. The investigation into Gutierrez’s death quickly revealed information implicating Wilson in the crime. He was arrested on misdemeanor charges. 1/]]></description>
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		<title>A TIP OF THE HAT FOR A JOB WELL DONE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/02/24/a-tip-of-the-hat-for-a-job-well-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/02/24/a-tip-of-the-hat-for-a-job-well-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Court Recommends New Trial for Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Capital Murder After Finding State’s Expert Testimony Incompetent

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

We have blogged rather extensively about the “convict at any costs” agenda which has ruled the Harris County District Attorney’s Office for the past three decades. “Convict at any costs” means the frequent use of fabricated forensic evidence, knowingly allowing perjured testimony into a criminal trial, withholding exculpatory evidence from defendants (particularly those known to be innocent), and injecting race in its death penalty decision-making. ]]></description>
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		<title>TEXAS FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION LACKS CREDIBILITY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/29/texas-forensic-science-commission-lacks-credibility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/29/texas-forensic-science-commission-lacks-credibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homicide Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas Legislature created the Forensic Science Commission (“FSC”) in 2005 to investigate what the Texas Monthly called “scientific negligence and misconduct.” The legislature acted following the February 2004 execution of Cameron Todd Willingham and the October 2004 decision by Pecos County District Attorney Ori White to free Ernest Willis from capital murder charges. Willingham and Willis had both been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for murders they allegedly committed by setting fires to dwellings in which five people were killed—two women in Willis’ case and Willingham’s three young daughters. The forensic arson evidence used to convict both men was virtually identical. In fact, as Michael Hall wrote recently in Texas Monthly, these two condemned men had a lot in common:]]></description>
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		<title>TEXAS ATTORNEY DISCREDITS SPIRIT OF LEGAL PROFESSION</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/30/texas-attorney-discredits-spirit-of-legal-profession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/30/texas-attorney-discredits-spirit-of-legal-profession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homicide Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flagrant Exhibit of Unprofessionalism, Disloyalty to Executed Client Adds to Nationwide Scrutiny of Willingham Execution

By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

We’re not in the habit of criticizing fellow criminal defense attorneys, but, and unfortunately, we feel compelled to discuss the antics of Mr. David Martin, of Corsicana, Texas, recently displayed on nationwide television. Martin was Cameron Todd Willingham’s defense attorney during Willingham’s August 1992 capital murder trial. Willingham had been charged with intentionally setting fire to his Corsicana, Texas house in December 1991 which killed his three small children. Martin was appointed to defend Willingham who maintained from the outset that he was innocent of starting the fire that killed the three children.]]></description>
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		<title>DISTRACTED DRIVING &#8211; A MENACE TO SOCIETY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/26/distracted-driving-a-menace-to-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/26/distracted-driving-a-menace-to-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Death Cause by Distracted Driving While on Cell Phone Leads to Conviction for Negligent Homicide

By Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair.

It was an emotional crime, to be sure. The father of the daughter convicted of the crime now no longer believes in the criminal justice system, and the convicted daughter still does not believe she committed a crime at all—even though the 25-year-old father of a child is dead because of the daughter’s behavior.]]></description>
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		<title>2009 CAIR AWARD: ASSISTING THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/08/23/2009-cair-award-assisting-the-muslim-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/08/23/2009-cair-award-assisting-the-muslim-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pro Bono Legal Representation in Voluntary Interviews, Profiling by FBI

By: John Floyd, Houston Criminal Defense Attorney

On August 15th, 2009, I received an award in recognition of my pro bono work for the Muslim community in Houston. CAIR-TX, Houston Chapter, presented the award upon which was inscribed: “In Recognition of: His personal dedication and committed assistance in providing protection to our community from undue harassment from federal agencies.” The award came after years, and hundreds of hours of pro bono work, representing individuals targeted under the Department of Justice’s voluntary interview program. In almost every case, these individuals were targeted for interview simply because of their religious beliefs, places of worship or country of origin and were not suspected of any criminal activity whatsoever. The voluntary interview program is simply an intelligence gathering effort designed to collect data about the Muslim community in hopes of preventing future acts of terrorism.]]></description>
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