The things some politicians say often defy logic and everyday common sense. That has certainly been the case in comments some politicians, especially Republican conservatives, have made in the wake of the horrific Orlando massacre and the need to keep…
Author: John Floyd
2016
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
The state of New Hampshire is facing a drug epidemic crisis. No doubt about that. The epidemic is literally eating away at the social fabric of the Granite State. This past February NBC News reported that there were “roughly 400…
2016
Category: Criminal Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) monitors lawless local police departments and state prisons across the country – and there are plenty of them in need of oversight.
In a June 6, 2016 opinion piece, To Stop Bad Prosecutors Call…
2016
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
It is not as uncommon as many people think – children do make false allegations of sexual abuse by adults. It’s a subject we have addressed here on a number of occasions (here, here, here, here, and here).
Evidence…
2016
Category: DWI | Uncategorized
The Fourth Amendment, which protects the individual from unreasonable search and seizure by the government, is probably the most difficult of all the bill of rights to understand and apply. The state and federal courts have sought to define the…
2016
Category: Criminal Law
While there are no statistics readily available, police K-9 apprehensions number in the tens of thousands each year. Excessive police force claims tend to focus on firearms or Tasers but the unlawful use of police dogs to attack suspects has…
2016
Category: Appeals | Drug Crime
The nation’s police seem to feel uncomfortable with the fact that they are now under constant scrutiny. The scrutiny they are under is not by their internal investigations departments or by their supervisory agencies, but by the public. We do…
2016
Category: Appeals | Federal Criminal Law
There are more than 10,000 registered sex offenders in the State of Colorado.
In 1992, lawmakers in Colorado created the Sex Offender Management Board (“SOMA”), charging it with the task of developing and implementing “standards” for the assessment, evaluation,…
2016
The current presidential election campaign has awakened the racial divide in this country. And it’s not a pretty sight. The latest example of this divide is the controversy swirling around the “fist salute” given by 16 graduating African-American female cadets…
2016
Category: Cyber Crimes | Internet Sex Crimes | terrorism
Let us make one thing clear: law enforcement does not, nor will it ever, respect an individual’s right to privacy. The police in this country, and throughout the world, believe they have an inherent right—one rooted in the need to…