Donald Trump, Jr. was recently roasted on social media after he posted a video on Instagram showing his three-year-old daughter without a shirt or blouse. The average person viewed the posting as an incident of innocent children and/or classless parenting.…
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Criminal Jurisdiction:
A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Her name was Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzales. She traveled 1500 miles from her native home in Guatemala. It was not an easy trip. In fact, the 1500 mile trek was fraught with danger and personal risk. Each mile she maneuvered…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
President Donald Trump loves the U.S. Border Patrol. The Border Patrol Council—the union that represents Border Patrol agents—endorsed Trump for president. The union’s formal endorsement stated: “We need a person in the White House who doesn’t fear the…
2018
Category: Terrorism Criminology | Violent Crimes
It was Friday, April 20, 2018. A 19-year-old teenage boy shot a high school student at Forest High School in Ocala, Florida. Fortunately, the incident resulted in only one minor injury, but the teen now faces several charges, including terrorism…
2018
Category: Fraud | Insider Trading
In 2008, the Troubled Asset Relief Program allowed the U.S. Treasury to send $250 billion to banks that bought and insured bad assets and equity. A recent study conducted by the University of Cambridge and Stanford found that these same…
2018
Category: Drug Crime | Opioid Addiction
Research has shown that tougher penalties do not deter drug abuse; that harsh penalties tend to affect the wrong people.
Against that backdrop, it is not surprising that federal lawmakers are trying to increase penalties for drug crimes related…
2018
The Golden State Killer (GSK), as he was dubbed by the media, went on a prolific crime spree in ten northern California counties between 1974 and 1986, murdering as many as 13 people, committing 45 or more rapes, and burglarizing…
2018
Category: Immigration Crimes
It has been the law in this country for decades that if a lawful permanent resident is convicted of an “aggravated felony,” the offending individual is subject to removal from the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) defines…
2018
Category: Immigration Crimes
The 2016 election and the Trump presidency have raised many topics of social debate among Americans, none more heated and controversial than immigration.
President Trump asserts that undocumented immigrants are more likely to commit crime, and that by allowing…
2018
Category: Internet Sex Crimes | Sexual Harrassment
In 2015, at the behest of State Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, the Texas Legislature enacted Texas Penal Code, Section 21.16(b)—more commonly known as the “revenge porn” statute. In short, § 21.16(b) creates four elements that constitute a violation of the…