Writing in the November 4, 2018 edition of Law 360, Michael Macagnone pointed out that the current lame duck Republican-controlled Congress has slightly more than two months to come to terms with a number of sentencing and prison reform issues…
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Criminal Jurisdiction:
A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
Nov.18
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the Bill Rights. These original amendments guaranteed 8 rights to criminal defendants facing prosecution by the federal government. They are:
Protection against unreasonable search and seizure;
Grand…
Nov.14
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Trafficking
Roughly 7 million children are the victims of human trafficking each year. Former President Barak Obama addressed this domestic and global problem when he signed into law the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (JVTA) on May 29,…
Nov.13
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Michigan state court Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina recently sentenced Dr. Lawrence Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison in the wake of 156 women and girls, mostly gymnasts, telling the court that the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State…
Nov.13
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
An opioid epidemic has spread across the U.S. with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that there were more than 72,000 drug overdose deaths nationwide last year. Although increased availability of street drugs such as heroin and illicit…
Nov.10
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Tor is a service that allows a person to use the Internet anonymously. It has two components:
Software that must be downloaded to provided Internet anonymity; and
A network of volunteer computers…
Nov.10
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes Against Children | Sexual Abuse
Statutory rape is sexual intercourse with a person under the age of consent. In colonial-era America, the age of consent was 10 in some states, while 12 in others. This remained the case until the 1890s when a coalition of…
Nov.08
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Computer Crime | Cyber Crimes
There are about 300,000 complaints about cybercrimes filed with the FBI each year. That may not surprise you, but what may surprise you is the fact that Texas is actually one of the most affected states by these types of…
Nov.04
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Foreign Corrupt Practices
The federal government’s case against Dr. Silvia Beatriz Perez-Ceballos collapsed completely on October 30, 2018 when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed her conspiracy to commit bank fraud conviction.
The Perez case is one that never should have…
Nov.01
2018
2018
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Texas has always maintained a colorful love affair with prostitutes. The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) informs that as early as 1817 when Texas was still a Spanish province, prostitutes were distributing their wares in San Antonio (known as San…
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