Bribery has deep historical roots in civilization. It is now in the DNA of mankind’s desire to achieve progress and change. A parent offering a child a lolly pop in exchange for good behavior is an acceptable form of bribery. …
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Bribery has deep historical roots in civilization. It is now in the DNA of mankind’s desire to achieve progress and change. A parent offering a child a lolly pop in exchange for good behavior is an acceptable form of bribery. …
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct | Prosecutorial Misconduct
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom located at Broadway and West 165th Street in New York City. The assassination took place at 3:00 p.m. before Malcolm could deliver his speech to the Organization of…
Category: Fraud | Money Laundering
Most people are unaware of the level of fraud attempted each year against the government. While some of these cases receive media attention, most go unnoticed to the general public. The general rule is that, more often than not peopler…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Distribution
Business ownership implies knowledge and responsibility for that happens in your business, even criminal activity.
A Texas club owner recently learned about this long reach of the law in the business community. He is now facing conspiracy to manage a…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct | Uncategorized
There was a time in this country when police misconduct was casually dismissed as “just a few bad apples.” It was widely believed that the police were professional people sworn to serve and protect the public. Communities of color, however,…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
The purpose of a criminal trial is to see that justice is achieved through a truthful fact-finding process, either before a jury or judge. Innocence or guilt must be established in an ethical adversarial process overseen by a fair and…
Category: Corruption | Police Misconduct | Uncategorized
Two icons of the 1960s used the term “by any means necessary”: the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and Black Muslim activist Malcolm X.
Sartre first used the term in his 1963 play “Dirty Hands,” and Malcolm X used…
Corruption is in the DNA of the American political system. The English pilgrims and other Europeans, who saw America as a “land of opportunity,” brought their corrupt governance to this country. Long before the American Revolution occurred, “Royal governors and…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Hate Crime
Hate crimes unfortunately have become a fixture in the United States – and there does not appear to be an immediate law enforcement remedy to the escalating numbers. President Biden’s Justice Department, however, has announced a hard-line stance in the…
Category: Fraud | Money Laundering | Wire Fraud
Romance offers many avenues in which to travel, but federal prison is not normally considered one of them. Eleven defendants in Texas learned recently that federal prison is where theymay be headed because of their involvement in a romance scam.…