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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION</title>
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	<description>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION: Criminal Law Blog by Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>THE AGONIZING GITMO DILEMMA</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/18/the-agonizing-gitmo-dilemma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Terrorism Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Enemy Combatants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gitmo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[terror suspects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[uspected terrorists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On January 22, 2009, just days after assuming the presidency, Barak Obama announced that he would close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility where hundreds “suspected terrorists” have been held for years without trial under an official Bush-administration created designation “enemy combatant.” Civil libertarians and prominent constitutional scholars have long advocated the closure of the facility while political conservatives have fought hard in the trenches to keep the internationally-criticized torture facility open.]]></description>
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		<title>NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROSECUTORS GONE ROGUE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/13/no-accountability-for-prosecutors-gone-rogue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/13/no-accountability-for-prosecutors-gone-rogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Criminal Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fabricated evidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[misconduct]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[prosecutorial misconduct]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[rogue prosecutors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The primary ethical and legal duty of a criminal prosecutor is to serve the interests of justice—not their personal interests of winning at any costs as is too often the case with a many prosecutors. This was made clear in October 2008 in the federal prosecution of then-Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for high-profile corruption charges. The federal prosecutors in the case were determined to bring down one of the most powerful lawmakers in this country—at any costs. D.C. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan lambasted those prosecutors at the time saying that in his 25 years on the bench he had “never seen mishandling and misconduct like what I have seen” in Sen. Stevens’ case. The federal judge was so incensed at the prosecutorial misconduct that he appointed an outside attorney named Henry Schuelke to investigate the Stevens prosecutors for possible “criminal contempt.” The matter was essentially resolved when current U.S. Attorney Eric Holder requested, and secured, a reversal of Sen. Stevens’ conviction from Judge Sullivan earlier this year.]]></description>
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		<title>THE RIGHT TO AN IMPARTIAL TRIAL STRUCK WITH CRITICAL BLOW</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/07/the-right-to-an-impartial-trial-struck-with-critical-blow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/11/07/the-right-to-an-impartial-trial-struck-with-critical-blow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse Crimes Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[child sexual assault]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[impartial trial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sixth Amendment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[voir dire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Failure to Strike Prosecutor, Victim of Sex Crime, from Jury not Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees every criminal defendant a right to an impartial trial. 1/ Selecting a jury of twelve men and women to hear a criminal case is perhaps the most critical stage in the trial process where a defense attorney must provide effective representation. He has a pool of prospective jurors representing a cross-section of the community from which to select the people who will hear the facts and fairly consider the case. This jury pool is a minefield of human experiences that range from concealed bias and prejudice to open fairness and impartiality. The task of the defense attorney is to navigate through the minefield without exploding a mine that will injure his client’s opportunity for an impartial trial.]]></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>

		<category><![CDATA[arson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[capital crimes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[death penalty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[execution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[homicide]]></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 - 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>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homicide Crimes Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[car accident]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cell Phone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[distracted driving]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[homicide]]></category>

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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>DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - A SENSITIVE SUBJECT TO APPROACH</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/24/domestic-violence-a-sensitive-subject-to-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/24/domestic-violence-a-sensitive-subject-to-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Criminal Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[abusive relationships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[assault]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Violence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Murder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[repeat violent offenders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Friends and Family Need to Get Involved to Stop the Cycle of Abuse, Save a Life

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

This past August Christiana “Tina” Guerra Lewis became another statistic; a victim of a social epidemic far more deadly than the HINI virus. The night before her death, according to the Houston Chronicle, Lewis asked her mother to go with her the next day to get a restraining order against R.P., a man with a lengthy criminal record with at least two dozen arrests including an assault on a family member and injuring a child.]]></description>
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		<title>STOP AND FRISK</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/16/stop-and-frisk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/16/stop-and-frisk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Criminal Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ACLU]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arpaio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[constitutional abuses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stop and frisk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Increased Use of Stop and Frisk Leads to Increased Constitutional Abuses, Legitimizes Racial Profiling

By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Law enforcement officials claim “stop and frisk” is one of their most effective crime prevention practices. Civil libertarians, however, claim that “stop and frisk” is being used as another racial profiling tool against hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens each day across the country. The Associated Press recently released statistics showing that law enforcement stop and question more than one million people each year in the nation’s largest cities—a figure that reflects a sharp increase in the use of “stop and frisk” over the past few years. The AP figures revealed that most of the individuals stopped and frisked were black and Hispanic men, most of whom were innocent of any criminal wrongdoing.]]></description>
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		<title>WHO ARE THE REAL HOME GROWN TERRORISTS?</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/14/who-are-the-real-home-grown-terrorists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/14/who-are-the-real-home-grown-terrorists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Terrorism Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dirty bomb]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[radical Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right-Wing Patriot Groups, White Supremest, Neo-Nazis Pose Growing Threat 

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

The mainstream media over the past two weeks has been saturated with an endless stream of stories about Najibullah Zazi, a suspected Afganhani terrorist reportedly involved in a plot of bomb New York City’s mass transit system; Michael Fenton, an American converted to Islam who allegedly planted and attempted to trigger a fake vehicle bomb in front of a Springfield, Illinois federal court building with the help of undercover FBI operatives; and Hosam Maher Smadi, a Jordanian who also allegedly planted and attempted to trigger a fake vehicle bomb at a Dallas skyscraper with the help of undercover FBI operatives. All three allegedly terrorist plots were exposed by the FBI this past September following the arrests of these individuals.
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		<title>ROGUE JUROR DID NOT PREVENT ACQUITTAL</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/07/rogue-juror-did-not-prevent-acquittal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/07/rogue-juror-did-not-prevent-acquittal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Crime Attorney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[child sex crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[child sexual assault]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[false accusations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Indecency with Child]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sexual abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another Not Guilty: Client Falsely Accused of Indecency with Child Acquitted After Trial by Jury

By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd

Every prospective juror summoned to court for jury duty in a criminal case is questioned by counsel for the State and defendant as to his/her willingness to follow the law as given by the judge at the conclusion of the trial. A prospective juror who cannot, for whatever reason, state unequivocally that he/she will follow the law is excused for cause. Thus, a juror accepted by both the defense and the State for jury service has a solemn duty bound by a sworn oath to follow the law.]]></description>
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		<title>TEXAS GOV RICK PERRY IMPEDES INQUIRY ABOUT WHETHER TEXAS EXECUTED AN INNOCENT MAN</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/05/texas-gov-rick-perry-impedes-inquiry-about-whether-texas-executed-an-innocent-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/05/texas-gov-rick-perry-impedes-inquiry-about-whether-texas-executed-an-innocent-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Death Penalty Crimes Lawyer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[arson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[death penalty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[death row]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas justice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wrongful Conviction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Governor’s abrupt Dismissal of Chairman, Two Members of Texas Forensic Science Commission on Eve of Hearing Smacks of Political Cover-up

By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

It is one thing for a governor to have possibly presided over the execution of an innocent man but quite another for that governor to effectively shut down an official investigation into whether the forensic evidence used convict the man was reliable.]]></description>
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