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Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
The recent, and longest, government shutdown has focused public attention on claims by President Donald Trump and his Wall proponents that crime is not only a major problem but is actually out of control along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Both…
There was a time in this country in the not too distant past when there was a difference between illegal immigration and asylum. President Trump is not fond of either. He and his administration have done everything possible, both legal…
Category: Appeals | DWI | Homicide/Murder
In the early morning hours on Christmas Eve, 2014, there was a horrific car accident in El Paso, Texas. According to news reports, local police believed that Joel Garcia was both intoxicated and speeding when he ran a red light…
Category: Criminal Law | Drug Crime
The First Step Act (“Act”) is expected to produce badly needed reform of the federal mandatory minimum sentencing scheme. The reform legislation offers promise to improve rehabilitation programs and living conditions in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
More importantly,…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Bite mark evidence has long been a discredit forensic science. The FBI has renounced it and the American Dental Association does not recognize it.
And for good reason.
In June 2013, USAToday reported that 20 men convicted or…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking
The last decade of media attention given to increasing human sex trafficking inside U.S; borders has sparked intense public interest, triggering an unprecedented law enforcement and prosecutorial response to address these kinds of crimes. This type of response at the…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Immigration Crimes
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican candidate promised potential voters that he would “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C. and “make our government honest once again.”
President Trump is unquestionably the most prolific liar in our presidential history. The…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Money Laundering
In case you thought “blood diamonds” weren’t enough, here comes “blood gold.”
One of the most disturbing narratives from 2018 was the developments in the “blood gold” industry which have made its way from Latin America to South Florida…
Category: Immigration Crimes
Racist fears have been the underpinnings of President Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policies. He has infected the social debate on this issue with the blatant lie that most of the undocumented persons entering the United States are dangerous criminals crossing the…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Forfeiture
Civil asset forfeiture is nothing short of policing for profit. The concept of the government seizing personal property and assets for charged and uncharged criminal activity is a growing criminal enterprise at both the federal and state level.
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