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Category: Prosecutorial Misconduct
Kelly Siegler became a prosecutor in Harris County in 1986. She was mentored by two of the country’s most overzealous and ethically challenged district attorneys, the late Johnny Holmes and Charles “Chuck” Rosenthal. During the nearly three decade reign of…
Category: Sex Crimes | Uncategorized
The Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause guarantees a criminal defendant the right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses against him. The amendment is made applicable to the States by virtue of the Fourteen Amendment.
However, there are some exceptions to…
Category: Drug Crime
In 3400 B.C., opium poppy was cultivated in the lower Mesopotamia. It was called the “joy plant” by the Sumerians.
Opium through the centuries has been hailed, and used, as a cure to pain. The famed English physician Thomas…
Category: Drug Crime
Despite recent changes in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and new policies regarding drug sentencing issued by the Department of Justice, sentences in federal drug case remain draconian.
Section 841 of Title 18, United States Code, sets forth the minimum…
Category: Illegal Pornography | Uncategorized
Whether Yuri Bershchansky possessed child pornography in November 2010 in violation of Section 2252 (a) (4) (B) and (b) (2) of Title 28, United States Code, will never be truly known.
Why?
The Department of Homeland Security, in…
Before 2011, few in this country had heard about “bath salts”—a synthetic drug which mimics amphetamine-like stimulants.
In 2009, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimated that more than 20 million Americans used an illicit drug at least once a…
As criminal defense lawyers we know all too well that there are prosecutors who daily walk right up to the line of professional misconduct. It is infuriating to witness prosecutors derive pleasure from winning at all cost, forgetting their sworn…
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