In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court in Giglio v. United States informed prosecutors that they had a constitutional duty to disclose to criminal defendants any information that would impeach the credibility of government witnesses, including any financial benefits provided, promised…
Month: February 2017
2017
Investopedia defines a “Ponzi scheme” as a “fraudulent investment scam” that promises high rates of return. The scheme is built on the premise that the investments of original investors can be used to generate new investors with the promise that…
2017
Category: Internet Sex Crimes
Sentencing disparity in child pornography cases is an infectious virus undermining the integrity of the federal judiciary. We discussed this problem as far back as 2010. The problem has gotten worse.
This horrific federal sentencing problem was created, and…
2017
Category: Immigration Crimes
President Donald Trump has at every opportunity falsely stated that anywhere from three to five million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 presidential election. Neither he nor anyone else in his administration has provided the public, any law enforcement…
2017
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Sex Crimes
The New York Times reported in October 2015 that the State of Minnesota civilly commits more sex offenders per capita than any other state in the nation. The Times said the state has committed more than 700 sex offenders over…
2017
Texas law requires that criminal courts place “affirmative findings” in their judgment whenever it proven that a “deadly weapon” was knowingly used or exhibited during the commission of a felony. Such a finding has serious consequences on a convicted individual,…
2017
Category: Criminal Law | Illegal Pornography | Internet Sex Crimes
Texas Penal Code § 21.15(b)(1) made it a crime to photograph someone “without the person’s consent” and “with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.”
In 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex…
2017
Category: Criminal Law
On January 12, 2017, the Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI)published a money bail study that revealed it is costing American taxpayers roughly $38 million a day, or nearly 14 billion a year, to keep approximately 450,000 low risk, pretrial detainees housed…
2017
Category: Immigration Crimes
Even if you did not have to deal with the fear, turmoil, or protests that erupted after President Trump’s executive order on immigration firsthand, you certainly heard about the order through some media form. The order, which is under fierce…
2017
Category: Immigration Crimes
Immigration law permits the deportation of a non-citizen who commits any aggravated felony or “crime of moral turpitude.”
The current administration plans to utilize this law to permit more deportations, and, in some instanceS, to engage in mass “unjust”…