The term “mental retardation” was formally changed to “intellectual disability” in the Federal Register on August 31, 2013. This formal terminology adjustment began in 2007 when the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) changed its name to American Association on…
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Criminal Jurisdiction:
A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
2019
Category: Appeals | Murder | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Known as the “Railroad Killer,” Angel Resendiz was no angel. During his forty-seven years on this earth, his Wikipedia entries say he killed as many as 23 people. Just weeks shy of his 40th birthday, Resendiz surrendered to Texas authorities…
2019
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law | Immigration Crimes
Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015 with a direct, blatant racist appeal. A 2018 study by the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences found it was that fascist oriented ideological appeal that drove many white voters to the…
2019
Category: Drug Crime
Conflicting appearances, especially in drug cases, often illustrate the unfairness of penal punishment in the American criminal justice system.
But there are many different reasons for this dilemma.
In this post, we’re going to look at two recent…
2019
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
The Texas Tribune recently reported that the Texas Legislature will once again take up the politically controversial issue of bail reform. Bipartisan legislation introduced by State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, and Rep. Andrew Murr, R-Junction, would, reports Tribune writer Jolie…
2019
Category: Appeals | Capital Crimes | Criminal Justice Reform
Robert Jennings was 31 years old when he entered a Houston adult book store on July 20, 1988 with the intent to rob it. He had already established an extensive criminal history, including some violent crimes. What Jennings didn’t anticipate…
2019
Category: Computer Crime | Constitutional Law
Court Continue to Struggle with Cell Phone and Right to Privacy
Once considered a sacred cow, individual privacy has succumbed to governmental interference, especially in the area of how law enforcement cell phone technology to track and apprehend criminal…
2019
A search of a New Jersey home last year by federal agents discovered pornographic images of two children believed to be less than one year of age. Determined by forensic review to have been taken in 2015, the images revealed…
2019
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Fraud | Tax Evasion | Tax Law
The IRS estimates that nearly 17% of taxpayers fail to comply with the tax code, but that less than 1% is actually ever convicted of a tax crime. Service industry employees whose income is mostly derived from tips and other…
2019
Category: Constitutional Law | Corruption | Criminal Justice Reform
Marzieh Hashemi is natural born citizen of the United States. She was born in New Orleans in 1959 and given her American name, Melanie Franklin. Wikipedia entries state that she was reared in an African-American Christian family in Louisiana.
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