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Category: Illegal Pornography | Internet Sex Crimes
Between 1997 and 2010, according to a report by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (“FAMM”), sentences in child pornography cases increased by 500 percent. That report surveyed judges across the country and found that seventy percent of them believed that the…
Category: grand jury
We recently made this observation about justice following three controversial rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year: “Justice is dispensed, and laws are interpreted, by the Court today based more on ideology than on prior precedent with legitimate…
Category: Corporate Fraud | Fraud
The race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is approaching a record number of candidates, Each candidate will be proposing legislation and plans for the nation’s criminal justice system—something we all should study.
Take, for example, criminal justice proposals…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | RICO
After a 31-month investigation spanning three countries and seven cities, “Operation Wrecking Ball” has yielded a 43-count indictment against 47 suspects in custody to date.
Given heightened public concern about opiates and the partisan political war being waged over…
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has completed his 22-month investigation into whether the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump conspired with representatives of the Russian government in a coordinated effort to secure the presidency for Trump.
Reputable media outlets…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
The sports world is still reeling from the Larry Nassar scandal—the tragic saga about the once well-respected doctor for the USA National Gymnastics team who was charged in 2016 with criminal sexual conduct against the very athletes he was supposed…
The U.S. Supreme Court’s website speak these words about the Court’s commitment to “justice”:
“‘EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW’- These words, written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building, express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of…
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law
After a 22-month investigation into whether the Russians interfered with this nation’s 2016 presidential election and whether President Trump’s campaign colluded or coordinated with that foreign interference, the Special Counsel’s Report (“Mueller Report”) was delivered to U.S. Attorney General William…
A defendant seeking to establish that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during a criminal proceeding must demonstrate (1) that his attorney’s performance was so deficient that it fell below “an objective standard of reasonableness” and (2) that “a reasonable…
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) has convoluted history with blood and privacy.
In a 1991 opinion, State v. Comeaux, the CCA dealt with a situation where a defendant involved in a traffic accident was taken to a…
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