Freedom of Speech: Conviction for Lying about Medal of Honor Reversed
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
No one likes a liar, a blowhard, or someone who takes credit for something he doesn’t deserve. But…
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Freedom of Speech: Conviction for Lying about Medal of Honor Reversed
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
No one likes a liar, a blowhard, or someone who takes credit for something he doesn’t deserve. But…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Uncategorized
Thompson v. Connick; Jury Awards 14 Million Dollars to Man Who Served 18 Years in Prison for Crime he Did Not Commit After Prosecutors Hid Favorable Evidence
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Last year…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Uncategorized
Winfrey v. State: Evidence of Dog Scent Line-Up Identification, Standing Alone, Legally Insufficient to Support Conviction
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair.
The San Deigo Police Foundation reports that police dogs work 8 ½ years…
86 Year Federal Sentence Handed to the Gray Lady of Bagram Greater Than Necessary, Cruel and Unusual
Depending on who you believe, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is either an American-educated Pakistani neuroscientist kidnapped in Pakistan in 2003 and tortured by Americans…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions Recommends Expanded Post-Conviction DNA Testing, Habeas Corpus Based on Changing Science
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr., who presides in…
Discovery, Brady Rules in Need of Reformation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Last month the Timothy Cole Advisory Panel (“Panel”), which was created by the Texas Legislature in its 2009 session…
Requirement That Interrogations Be Recorded Is the Best Way To Preserve Integrity Of Confessions
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The New York-based Innocence Project reports that as of September 10, 2010 there have…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Uncategorized
Current Eyewitness Identification Procedure Reinforce False Memories and Lead to Wrongful Convictions
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
There have been 258 DNA exonerations in this country over the last two decades, according to the New…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Law Enforcement Willing to Lessen Constitutional Protections to Appease Mothers Against Drunk Driving
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
For the past fifteen years the State of Texas either led the nation or ranked in the…
Category: Sex Crimes | Uncategorized
Lying Texas Ranger, Overzealous Child Advocate Experts and Pro-Prosecution Judge Mock Justice
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Most human tragedies are produced by random acts of Nature run amok. But far too often human tragedies…