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Category: bail reform | Criminal Justice Reform
Gradually, inevitably, the COVID 19 virus is working its way through the Texas jail and prison systems. There are roughly 7,500 to 10,000 inmates in the Harris County Jail.
Throughout Texas’ county jails, nearly 70 percent of people detained in…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Each year worldwide, some 30 million people spend time in a prison or some other form of detention. Eleven million people are incarcerated around the world on any given day. The World Health Organization estimates that one in five of…
Category: Constitutional Law
Governmental and political incompetence has infected the COVID 19 crisis at virtually every level in the official response to it. Thousands of people have died, and many more will die, as the federal response to the crisis continues to flounder…
Category: Immigration Crimes
COVID-19 is making things uncertain for most Americans. But for immigrants ensnared in the U.S. Justice System, the looming uncertainty can feel overwhelming. An already-shaky immigration court system has not been immune to the COVID-19 upheaval either.
If you’re…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Manufacturing | Drug Trafficking
In an effort to disrupt the distribution of methamphetamine across the country, federal law enforcement officials have allocated new resources.
A bill passed in late 2019 by Congress allowed federal money to be used in the fight against meth…
“The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens,” the third president of the United States wrote nearly two hundred and fifty years ago.
Equal and impartial justice is…
Every human disaster or catastrophe that strikes within the shores of the United States will inevitably produce a byproduct of corruption and criminal wrongdoing. Inevitably, some Americans will take unfair advantage of other Americans to satisfy their greed for profits…
Category: Corruption | Criminal Justice Reform
In response to the growing threat of COVID-19, some responsible public officials, activists, and experts in Harris County have demanded that non-dangerous “accused” people in the local jail be released. These are mostly individuals who have been charged but not…
Category: bail reform | Compassionate Release COVID
Harris County Sheriff Joe Gonzales believes that jails are “perfect incubators” for the COVID-19 virus. One infected inmate, either bringing the virus into the jail upon arrest or being infected while in custody, has the ugly potential of killing hundreds…
Category: Hate Crime | Murder
When we hear about a murder, our thoughts immediately go straight to motive — why was it committed?
In a court of law, however, motive is generally not an element of a crime that must be proven by the…
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