Last month the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, continued his longstanding pollution of the American public speech arena with toxic racism when he sophomorically tweeted that four duly-elected Democratic Congresswomen should “go back [where you come from]…
Author: John Floyd
2019
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking
Jeffrey Epstein—billionaire financier, philanthropist, and friend to such high-profile figures as Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking, and Donald Trump—was recently indicted for federal sex trafficking.
The charges allege that Epstein “sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his…
2019
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
The Harris County money bail system has been historically corrupt, favoring wealth over poverty. If an arrested suspect had money, they could post bail and be released pretria, while an indigent suspect had to spend months, even years in the…
2019
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children
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Already facing state charges of aggravated sexual assault and abuse in Chicago state court, R. Kelly has now attracted the attention of the federal government as well.
How so?
He was recently taken into custody on…
2019
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Death Penalty | Uncategorized
In a July 25, 2019 press release, the U.S. Justice Department (“DOJ”) announced that Attorney General William P. Barr has directed the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to adopt a Proposed Addendum Federal Execution Protocol—a protocol that mirrors the protocols followed…
2019
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
There are nearly 7 million people under criminal justice supervision in the United States—2.2 million in prison or jail and another 4.6 million under probation or parole supervision in the general community. Celebrated crime novelist and criminal justice reform advocate…
2019
Category: Sex Trafficking
The administration of Donald J. Trump is particularly good at one thing—issuing executive proclamations. The president has issued roughly 340 proclamations since assuming the office of the American presidency—none of which have translated into meaningful action.
For example, in…
2019
Category: Fraud | Money Laundering
The American Bar Association (ABA) has been accused of trying to block Congressional efforts to close loopholes that enable money laundering, terrorism, human trafficking and a host of other crimes.
What the ABA opposes was spelled out quite succinctly…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Distribution
A federal judge recently sentenced a man who supplied a San Antonio-based pill mill with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to nearly 21 years in federal prison without parole.
The defendant was a low-level supplier who provided drugs that were…
2019
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”), 10,874 people died in drunk driving related vehicle crashes in the United States in 2017—that’s roughly 30 deaths a day and one every 48 minutes. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) report…