In October 2013 Terri Regina Lang was shopping at an HEB store in Burnet County, Texas. She was observed by a store employee taking unpaid-for-items and placing them in a reusable shopping bag tied to her cart. When Lang went…
Month: November 2018
Nov.30
2018
2018
The midterm election is in our rearview mirror, but it continues making news throughout the country. As of November 19th (almost two weeks after the election,) four races for seats in the House were still being counted, but coverage of…
Nov.27
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Child Abuse | Sex Crimes Against Children
The mere allegation of a sex crime against a child carries immediate and lasting consequences:
Arrest
Conviction
Sentence
Fines
Restitution
Imprisonment
Possible civil commitment
Post-imprisonment supervision
Sex offender registration
These consequences do not include probable divorce, lost or…
Nov.26
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Child Abuse | Crimes Against Children
Many crimes can be prosecuted and tried at either the state or federal level. This matters a lot, because the level could have a serious impact on your sentence.
Child abuse, however, is an interesting scenario.
How so?…
Nov.23
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the position of the Attorney General of the United States. The Organization, Mission and Functions Manual of the U.S. Department of Justice spells out the duties of the Attorney General:
Represent the United…
Nov.20
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Writing in the November 4, 2018 edition of Law 360, Michael Macagnone pointed out that the current lame duck Republican-controlled Congress has slightly more than two months to come to terms with a number of sentencing and prison reform issues…
Nov.18
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the Bill Rights. These original amendments guaranteed 8 rights to criminal defendants facing prosecution by the federal government. They are:
Protection against unreasonable search and seizure;
Grand…
Nov.14
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Trafficking
Roughly 7 million children are the victims of human trafficking each year. Former President Barak Obama addressed this domestic and global problem when he signed into law the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (JVTA) on May 29,…
Nov.13
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Michigan state court Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina recently sentenced Dr. Lawrence Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison in the wake of 156 women and girls, mostly gymnasts, telling the court that the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State…
Nov.13
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
An opioid epidemic has spread across the U.S. with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that there were more than 72,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide last year. Although increased availability of street drugs such as heroin and illicit…
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