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Category: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
In a ruling issued on February 14, 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found there is reasonable evidence that the Harris County bail procedures are constitutionally deficient and that plaintiffs will likely succeed, but vacated the district court’s injunction…
Laser is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission Radiation, according to NASASpacePlace. Lasers produce a very narrow beam of light whose beam is larger at long distances. The beam projected from the laser is a small, millimeter-size dot…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | terrorism
In 2016, federal law enforcement officials estimated that roughly 250 Americans had tried to join the terrorist group ISIS—most of whom never left the United States.
One of those who left the country to join ISIS was Wisconsin native…
Category: Criminal Law | Drug Trafficking | Police Misconduct
A “fog line” is a white (usually bright) line painted on the right side of a roadway separating the roadway from what is known as an “improved shoulder.”
Under Texas law, Transportation Code § 545.058(a), an operator of a…
Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law
Deceptive Practices Get Good Results for Friendly FBI Agents
We have on a number of occasions advised our readers that if confronted by law enforcement about any criminal matter, they should not speak to the officials without the presence…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Forfeiture
Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, nicknamed “Buddy” as a kid growing up in Hybart, Alabama, got his law degree from the University of Alabama in 1973. He practiced law in the mid-1970s before being appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District…
Category: Criminal Law | SCOTUS
Who controls the defense strategy in a criminal trial: the attorney or the defendant?
That is a question the U.S. Supreme Court will answer in its current term.
Normally, a defense attorney, once he or she accepts a…
Category: Police Misconduct
When two or more police officers are involved in a confrontational situation and someone is recording the confrontation with a cell phone, there will be inevitable anger, shouts, and weapons drawn.
That’s exactly what happened in the early morning…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Prosecutorial Misconduct
There are two safeguards against prosecutorial misconduct during a criminal trial: a good defense attorney and an impartial trial judge.
Both failed Frederick Michael Baer during his capital murder trial for the brutal murder of a 24-year-old mother and…
Category: Capital Crimes | Criminal Justice Reform
The n-word has a long, sordid history in this country. The African-American Registry says that, “Nigger is one of the most notorious words in American culture.”
The precise origins of the word in American culture is uncertain, but history…
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