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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…
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…
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
Playpen operated a “dark web” site that served, until it was shut down by the FBI, as a Walmart for child pornography. The clandestine website required a “mask” before a user could access the computer housing the site. That mask…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
As we pointed out last month, the bail system in the State of Texas is riddled with inequities. The bail system, with the acquiescence of county magistrates and judges, has become so corrupted that the constitutionally guaranteed right to bail…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Hatred has become a multi-million dollar industry in America. It is a subject we have spoken to on several occasions (here and here). In fact, hate groups in this country have scoped Islam as their favorite target upon which to…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | terrorism
Omar Mateen’s shooting rampage at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida on September 14, 2016 left 49 people dead and another 53 seriously injured. The New York Times called the mass shooting “the worst terrorist attack on American soil since…
Category: Bitcoin | Federal Criminal Law | Fraud | Money Laundering
The term “money laundering” was first used at the turn of the 20th Century. It was a label used against organizations who took income derived from illegal activity and washed it into the flow of legal money in the general…
In 1996, Congress enacted the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) which expedited habeas corpus appeals by state death penalty inmates. AEDPA was designed to eliminate the delays which had thwarted states from carrying out speedy executions…
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino reports that hate crimes increased by roughly 20 percent in the 13 largest U.S. cities in 2017 compared to 2016.
Hate Crimes Against…
Category: Cyber Crimes
The state of Texas wards off tens of thousands of cyberattacks each day. Where are they coming from? Who are they targeting?
Many automated computers and hackers attempt to steal confidential data from Texas citizens, companies, and government databases.…
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