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Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law | Immigration Crimes
Calls for “prison reform” are now coming from every political corridor. The reason is obvious: American taxpayers cannot continue to bear the exorbitant costs of the nation’s prison system. Last year CBS News reported that U.S. taxpayers are paying about…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Multi-jurisdictional drug task force sets up anonymous snitch site
Designed to create a partnership between the public and law enforcement, StopDrug.Houston.org is a multijurisdictional website aimed at five counties and six cities, including Houston, encouraging the public to submit…
Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law
He was a flamboyant criminal defense attorney, well- known in the state criminal courts in Harris County for his courtroom theatrics and his contentious, often contemptuous, demeanor before the trial judges presiding over the cases he was defending.
By…
Category: Corporate Fraud | Healthcare Fraud | White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice and Securities Exchange Commission, along with other federal regulatory agencies, are following the lead of traditional law enforcement agencies like FBI and DEA in the use of paid informants, also known as “whistle blowers.”
Whistleblowers…
Category: Healthcare Fraud
The federal government continues to beat the drum of health care fraud with public announcements of robust and record breaking law enforcement roundups and arrests of doctors and other health care professionals.
Press releases from the Attorney General’s Office,…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Healthcare Fraud
After she announced the largest “nationwide sweep” of individuals charged with allegations of Medicare fraud, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced “…the Department of Justice will continue our focus on preventing wrongdoing and prosecuting those whose criminal activity drives up…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Guns
Texas Felon In Possession
Texas Penal Code 46.04(a) deals with the unlawful possession of a firearm.
The statute provides that “a person who has been convicted of a felony commits an offense if he possesses a firearm: (1)…
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
Last year U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced the federal government’s intention to investigate and prosecute cases of child pornography, regardless of the scale of individual involvement. This includes simple possession of child pornography by individuals.
Homeland Security Cracks…
Category: Uncategorized
America has become a surveillance state.
Most of our daily human activity is under some form of surveillance, especially by law enforcement. We have made this point in a number of previous posts (here, here, here & here).
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Category: Criminal Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
In dismissing an ethics complaint against Fort Bend, County District Attorney John Healy, Denton County District Judge Jonathan Bailey ruled that the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 3.09(d) placing an ethical responsibility on prosecutors to disclose favorable material to…
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