According to the Sentencing Project, there are more than 206,000 people serving life sentences in the United States—6,000 of whom are women. More than 53,000 of those life sentences are without the possibility of parole. In addition to these life…
Month: April 2021
Apr.30
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Corruption | Domestic Terrorism | Hate Crime
On March 17, 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a report warning that “domestic violent extremism groups” pose an “elevated threat” to the national security of this country.
Of particular growing concern: white supremacist organizations fueled…
Apr.29
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Fraud | Wire Fraud
Wire fraud has several forms as a federal crime, from internet to telemarketing schemes. With so many opportunities available in our electronic world, wire fraud has become a real problematic issue for law enforcement – and that is why the…
Apr.25
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Criminal Justice Reform | Discovery 39.14 | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Pretrial discovery in criminal cases in Texas is governed by Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The Texas Legislature enacted the discovery statute in 1965. The essential purpose of the rule was to enforce the strict duty…
Apr.24
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd both intentionally and negligently on May 25, 2020, so said the jury. The jury’s verdict finally confirmed what we all had seen with our own eyes.
Floyd’s horrific murder resulted from…
Apr.22
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Drug trafficking charges are frequently the result of racial profiling. This is especially so in the state of Texas and Harris County in particular.
Data backs up the charge that people of color are targeted by the police in…
Apr.09
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Deregistration
Offenders convicted of certain sex crimes must comply with the Texas sex offender registration requirements. This means they may be forced to register as a sex offender where they live or travel. Failure to comply is a crime itself. Any…
Apr.09
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Conviction of a crime can bring prison time and stiff fines but there are collateral consequences that can have a permanent impact on your life.
Collateral consequences may be difficult to quantify, but they most assuredly should not be…
Apr.08
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
Most opponents of “police reform” use the tattered and by now the thoroughly discredited argument that police misconduct is the byproduct of “just a few bad apples” among the ranks of the police who are committed to the “protect and…
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