Hate is a cultural and social disease. Its origin lies deep in ancient times when religion and war were the primary sources of power—the means to secure power and hold it until a greater hatred emerged to destroy it. Nationalistic…
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Hate is a cultural and social disease. Its origin lies deep in ancient times when religion and war were the primary sources of power—the means to secure power and hold it until a greater hatred emerged to destroy it. Nationalistic…
Category: Corruption
Last month the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, continued his longstanding pollution of the American public speech arena with toxic racism when he sophomorically tweeted that four duly-elected Democratic Congresswomen should “go back [where you come from]…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking
Jeffrey Epstein—billionaire financier, philanthropist, and friend to such high-profile figures as Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking, and Donald Trump—was recently indicted for federal sex trafficking.
The charges allege that Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
The Harris County money bail system has been historically corrupt, favoring wealth over poverty. If an arrested suspect had money, they could post bail and be released pretria, while an indigent suspect had to spend months, even years in the…
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children
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Already facing state charges of aggravated sexual assault and abuse in Chicago state court, R. Kelly has now attracted the attention of the federal government as well.
How so?
He was recently taken into custody on…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Death Penalty | Uncategorized
In a July 25, 2019 press release, the U.S. Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced that Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to adopt a Proposed Addendum Federal Execution Protocol—a protocol that mirrors the protocols followed…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
There are nearly 7 million people under criminal justice supervision in the United States—2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.6 million under probation or parole supervision in the general community. Celebrated crime novelist and criminal justice reform advocate…
Category: Sex Trafficking
The administration of Donald J. Trump is particularly good at one thing—issuing executive proclamations. The president has issued roughly 340 proclamations since assuming the office of the American presidency—none of which have translated into meaningful action.
For example, in…
Category: Fraud | Money Laundering
The American Bar Association (ABA) has been accused of trying to block Congressional efforts to close loopholes that enable money laundering, terrorism, human trafficking and a host of other crimes.
What the ABA opposes was spelled out quite succinctly…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Distribution
A federal judge recently sentenced a man who supplied a San Antonio-based pill mill with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to nearly 21 years in federal prison without parole.
The defendant was a low-level supplier who provided drugs that were…