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Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Steve J. Martin is a “prison expert.” His expertise has been utilized by the U.S. Justice Department, U.S. Homeland Security Department, and the federal courts in lawsuits challenging prison conditions, especially those involving the use of excessive force.
In a …
Category: Appeals | Death Penalty | SCOTUS
Defending a person charged in a serious criminal case, under the best of circumstances, is a difficult task and an extraordinary professional responsibility. Defending a death penalty case under any circumstance is much more arduous and requires years of commitment…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Protesting
Protests have sprung across the United States in response to the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis Police custody. Most of these protests have been peaceful, but a few have been marred by rioting and looting.
This has…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault | Super Sexual Assault
Texas doesn’t mess around with sex crimes. Legislators have created different levels of offenses to maximize the potential punishment to perpetrators, including super aggravated sexual assault.
This charge recently came to light in a number of recent cases in…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
An unprecedented 95 percent of Americans favor criminal justice reforms that include police reforms. The National Opinion Research Center (“NORC”) at the University of Chicago found in its report released on June 23, 2020, that Americans support having specific standards…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
For over a decade, we have written about the “epidemic” of police misconduct and the devastating impact of systemic racism inside the criminal justice system. It was just another voice in the proverbial wilderness. Today, however, things are different. In…
Category: Murder | Police | Police Brutality
The death of George Floyd has garnered intense emotional reactions across the country. In its wake, protestors made their way to the street demanding to have the officers involved in his death criminally charged.
Eventually, charges were brought against…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law | Police Misconduct | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Top officials of the Trump administration, including U.S. Attorney General William Barr, claim there is no “systemic racism” in law enforcement in this country. Yet the conservative Republican group, the Lincoln Project, recently called Trump the “second president” of the…
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Interfere with federal drug crime investigations and you may become the subject of an investigation yourself.
At least, that’s what happened to one paralegal specialist working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio recently.
After allegedly tipping…
Category: Criminal Law
Detectives and other law enforcement personnel have a broad range of evidence gathering methods used when investigating a crime.
The problem is that not all of these methods are reliable. You’ve probably heard of evidence being thrown out that…
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