The infamous Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is currently standing trial in a New York Supreme Court on sexual assault allegations: one involving a woman who said Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013 and another woman who said…
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The infamous Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is currently standing trial in a New York Supreme Court on sexual assault allegations: one involving a woman who said Weinstein raped her in a Manhattan hotel in 2013 and another woman who said…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Death Penalty
Since the U.S. Supreme Court gave its constitutional blessing to the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, the state of Arkansas has executed 30 males and 1 female. Thirty of those 31 executions were carried out by lethal injections…
Category: Appeals
The justice system isn’t always perfect. Although endowed with numerous procedural protections and safeguards, trial of criminal cases can, and often do, result in unfair verdicts. Jury biases, police misconduct, and/or prosecutorial misconduct can skew the facts against the defendant…
A number of La Joya, Texas officials have been under law enforcement’s microscope recently, and as a result, several public officials in the town have all been implicated in possible wrongdoing..
The city’s primary administrator, the school superintendent, a…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Murder
Seven inmates escaped from the John B. Connally prison facility near Kenedy, Texas in December 2000. They became known as the “Texas Seven.”
Eleven days after their escape, the men robbed a sporting goods store in Irving, Texas. Local…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Winona, a town of slightly more than 5,000 people, sits right in the center of the northern part of Mississippi. It is known as the “Crossroads of North Mississippi” located in Montgomery County.
The town reflects what award-winning author…
Category: Immigration Crimes
Illegal Immigration was a significant topic in the last two election cycles and continues to be the focus of media stories throughout the country. The Trump Administration has maintained a persistent, and sometimes unlawful, campaign to prevent illegal immigration as…
Category: Hate Crime
In the wake of the surge in hate crimes across Texas following the election of Donald Trump, one Texan recently discovered the hard way that this state takes a hard-line approach in the prevention of hate crimes.
The suspect…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking
Stories continue to unfold about many young people in the foster care system who have experienced a serious emotional and physical trauma caused by sex abuse before their lives really begin.
An increasing number of investigations into sex trafficking…