Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr have one thing in common: they both have increasingly lied to the public about their state and federal elections system being riddled with “voter fraud.” Both public officials have…
Author: John Floyd
2020
In April, we posted a blog about whether President Donald Trump’s actions or inactions in handling the COVID pandemic amounts to criminal negligence in a purely legal sense. Our blog was inspired by a podcast interview earlier this year. MSNBC…
2020
Category: Assault | Sexual Assault
The terms assault and sexual assault are likely create two stark pictures. The truth, however, is that while they are two separate acts, these crimes under Texas laws do have some overlap.
Here’s what you need to know about…
2020
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Brutality
There has not been a moment since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1789 that systemic racism has not influenced either the quality or quantity of justice in America.
In April 2019, The Sentencing Project submitted a report to the…
2020
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Deregistration | Sex Offender Registry
There was a time when individuals charged with certain crimes can find themselves on the Texas sex offender registry for varying periods of time. Plea deals often involved sex offender registration for certain lengths of time to avoid harsher sentencing…
2020
Category: Homicide/Murder | Murder
Generally speaking, the average citizen is not well in the law. That’s why when it’s time to make really tough decisions about choices involving the law, a lawyer is the best way to navigate through whatever legal arises.
In…
2020
Category: Corruption | Police Misconduct | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick was sworn into office on January 1, 2017. He immediately faced daunting challenges. The three district attorneys before him (Jane Duty, John Bradley, and Ken Anderson) all had serious problems with confirmed instances of…
2020
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
We have posted many, many articles dealing with systemic racism and criminal justice in this country. We have offered news reports, social studies, and judicial opinions that have built a credible body of evidence that systemic racism is prevalent in: …
2020
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct
The brutal March 13, 2020, murder of 26-year-old ER tech Breonna Taylor in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, by local police has become another tragic entry in the history of brutality and systemic racism in American policing. The delay in…
2020
Category: Criminal Law | Plea Deals
Plea deals are a fixture in the U.S. criminal justice system. In fact, many people with no direct connection to the criminal justice system know what plea bargaining is, thanks to popular television crime dramas. The reality of plea deals,…