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Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Crime reached unprecedented levels in the 1980s and early 1990s before it began a precipitous decline beginning in 1995. Experts from every field in the nation’s criminal justice system have offered reasons or speculation about what caused the decline. The…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law | Sex Crimes
The State of North Carolina does not believe registered sex offenders should enjoy access to social media. State lawmakers made this clear in 2008 when they passed a law banning the use of social networking websites by registered sex offenders.…
On August 11, 2016, the Fourteenth Court of Appeal, based in Houston, issued an opinion in Ex parte Donaldson[1] that set out the legal rules governing excessive bail.
Texas Constitution Prohibits Excessive Bail
The right to be free…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
The Texas Judicial Council (TJC) in 2015 established a “Criminal Justice Committee” to study bail practices in the state. The Committee recently released its 18-page report (October 2016) titled “Pretrial Decision-Making Practices” that calls for specific reforms in the state’s…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
The killing of a mentally ill, 66-year old, African American woman by police has been officially criticized as violating NYPD police policy. Deborah Danner was shot after she dropped a pair of scissors she was holding during the psychiatric episode…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Last month, on the heels of a string of high-profile police killings, the nation again witnessed two fatal police shootings: one in El Cajon, California and the other in Charlotte, North Carolina. Both fatal encounters triggered street protests and acts…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
The Harris County Jail (“Jail”) houses more than 9,000 inmates and is the third largest jail in the country. We have previously stated the human shortcomings of this facility. In particular, we have discussed the prospect of those dying from…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
From arrest to incarceration, the nation’s criminal justice system is flawed with disparities-the poor and racial minorities bearing the brunt of the inequities. This injustice can readily be seen in the way the federal and state governments administer its bail…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
The Harris County Jail (HCJ)is the third largest jail in the United States, and the largest in the State of Texas. It houses roughly 9,000 inmates, nearly 7,000 of whom are pretrial detainees, of which close to 80 percent are…
86 Year Federal Sentence Handed to the Gray Lady of Bagram Greater Than Necessary, Cruel and Unusual
Depending on who you believe, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is either an American-educated Pakistani neuroscientist kidnapped in Pakistan in 2003 and tortured by Americans…
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