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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; homicide</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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>THE TRAGEDY OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, PSYCHOSIS, AND INFANTICIDE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/05/01/the-tragedy-of-postpartum-depression-psychosis-and-infanticide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/05/01/the-tragedy-of-postpartum-depression-psychosis-and-infanticide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 21:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

The postpartum depression debate has awakened once again in Harris County in the case of Narjes Modarresi, who is accused of killing her two-month old son. Anytime a mother harms her child deep-seated emotions are stirred in the community. Mothers are protective by nature. It’s an instinct rooted in the DNA of all animals, especially humans.]]></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>VIOLENCE IS A NATURAL GROWTH INDUSTRY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/01/24/violence-is-a-natural-growth-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/01/24/violence-is-a-natural-growth-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Houston Criminal Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prison Systems Breed Future Violence 
By: Houston  Criminal Attorney John Floyd and  Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The  Wall Street Journal (Jan. 8, 2010) carried a report  about the decreasing  violent crime rate across the country. The report,  based on FBI statistics,  said all major violent crimes—homicide,  forcible rape, robbery [...]]]></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>
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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>DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE DOES NOT CARE IF CYNTHIA CASH IS ACTUALLY INNOCENT</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/09/17/district-attorneys-office-does-not-care-if-cynthia-cash-is-actually-innocent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/09/17/district-attorneys-office-does-not-care-if-cynthia-cash-is-actually-innocent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philosophy of Convict at any Cost Continues in Harris County

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Dr. Patricia Moore is the former associate medical examiner in Harris County. The Houston Chronicle (Sept. 14, 2009) reported that the doctor has been “repeatedly disciplined for failing to follow procedures and for favoring the prosecution in 1998 and 1999” in child death cases.]]></description>
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		<title>IS LARRY RAY SWEARINGEN GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER?</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/02/04/is-larry-ray-swearingen-guilty-of-capital-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/02/04/is-larry-ray-swearingen-guilty-of-capital-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair 

Is Larry Ray Swearingen guilty of capital murder? The State of Texas, through Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Marc Brumberger, believes that he is. The parents of Melissa Trotter, Charles and Sandra Trotter, believe that he is. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals believes that he is.

But Swearingen’s attorney, James Rytting, the New York-based Innocence Project, and a host of forensic pathologists, including Glenn Larkin, strenuously believe that he is not. As Larkin recently told Texas Monthly Magazine: “no rational and intellectually honest person can look at the evidence and conclude Larry Swearingen is guilty of this horrible crime.” While the Houston Chronicle, in a January 23, 2009 editorial, did not go as far as Larkin, the respected editorial board of the newspaper said: “He may not be a saint, but Swearingen does not deserve to die for someone else’s crime.”]]></description>
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		<title>THE AFFAIR OF A JUDGE, DA, AND A KILLER</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/09/10/the-affair-of-a-judge-da-and-a-killer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/09/10/the-affair-of-a-judge-da-and-a-killer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By:  Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair

Would you want a Judge presiding over a criminal case against you sleeping with the District Attorney prosecuting that case?

Didn’t think so. Most people wouldn’t. You expect a Judge to be neutral, free of the slightest appearance of impropriety. You expect a District Attorney to be zealous, honest, and even-handed in the prosecution of criminal cases. Those general expectations – what the State Bar calls the rules of ethical conduct – are compromised when a District Attorney prosecutes a case before a Judge with whom the District Attorney is having a sexual liaison.

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		<title>THE GALVESTON BABY KILLERS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/08/19/the-galveston-baby-killers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/08/19/the-galveston-baby-killers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The District Attorney’s Office in Galveston, Texas, has in recent months confronted death penalty decisions in two high profile cases involving parents brutally murdering their children. Both cases allegedly involved parents killing their children in a calculated, premeditated manner. In April 2008 the District Attorney elected not to seek the death penalty in one case but in August 2008 decided to seek the death penalty in the other. Why?]]></description>
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