Michael Dougherty is a prosecutor and an unlikely advocate for criminal justice reform. In an October 25, 2017 online article for Medium, he called for the elimination of private prisons, saying profit should not have a seat at the criminal…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Fraud | Government
President Donald Trump and his administration may ultimately be recorded as the most corrupt in American presidential history.
Since assuming the presidency, Donald Trump has issued five pardons—one of those was a posthumous pardon granted to the legendary boxer…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Her name was Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzales. She traveled 1500 miles from her native home in Guatemala. It was not an easy trip. In fact, the 1500 mile trek was fraught with danger and personal risk. Each mile she maneuvered…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
President Donald Trump loves the U.S. Border Patrol. The Border Patrol Council—the union that represents Border Patrol agents—endorsed Trump for president. The union’s formal endorsement stated: “We need a person in the White House who doesn’t fear the…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
As we pointed out last month, the bail system in the State of Texas is riddled with inequities. The bail system, with the acquiescence of county magistrates and judges, has become so corrupted that the constitutionally guaranteed right to bail…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Hatred has become a multi-million dollar industry in America. It is a subject we have spoken to on several occasions (here and here). In fact, hate groups in this country have scoped Islam as their favorite target upon which to…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | terrorism
Omar Mateen’s shooting rampage at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida on September 14, 2016 left 49 people dead and another 53 seriously injured. The New York Times called the mass shooting “the worst terrorist attack on American soil since…
2018
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino reports that hate crimes increased by roughly 20 percent in the 13 largest U.S. cities in 2017 compared to 2016.
Hate Crimes Against…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Qualified Immunity, Unauthorized Use of Excessive Force by Police
Conway is the county seat of Faulkner County located in central Arkansas. The city’s police department has 127 sworn officers to protect and serve the 65,000 people living in Conway.…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
The Guardian reported in December 2015 that 1,134 black men were killed by the police in the United States of America that year—a rate five times higher than the number of white men killed by the police during the same…