Category Archives: Criminal Justice Reform
Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Continuing Blight on The Criminal Trial Process
Emily Bazelon is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and is the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at…
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Caesar Takes What Does Not Belong to Caesar
Last year the federal government seized through its asset forfeiture laws $1,921,273,552.00 from both convicted and suspected criminal wrongdoers–$97,831.788.00 of which came from Texas.…
Qualified Immunity Protects Bad Forensic Experts
Two Mississippi men, Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, were wrongfully convicted of murdering two three-year-old girls in separate crimes in the 1990s. Levon Brooks…
Officer Who Pepper Sprayed Arguing Suspect Faces Lawsuit
Police Force: When Does Reasonable Become Unreasonable Nearly three decades ago the U.S. Supreme Court, in Graham v. Conner, held that the police may…
Harris County’s Unconstitutional Bail System Dealt a Critical Blow
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than half of the jail population in the U.S. has never been convicted of a crime.…
A Portrait of Race-Based Police Brutality
A Portrait of Race Based Police Brutality There are cops – some good, some bad. Then there are some cops who are so roguish,…
Harris County Leads The Nation In Exonerations, Wrongful Convictions
“Guilty” does not always mean actual guilt, especially in drug cases involving African-American defendants who elect to plead guilty in the Harris County Criminal…
Some Prosecutors Cannot Function Without Misconduct
In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court in Giglio v. United States informed prosecutors that they had a constitutional duty to disclose to criminal defendants…
An Irresponsible Cop with A Vicious Police Dog
We understand that 2016 was a horrific year for police fatalities—139, of which 64 were shot and killed in the line of duty. Police…
Incoming District Attorney Must Prosecute Corruption To Achieve Reform
Newly-elected Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg was elected as a “reformer” with plans to clean up the local criminal justice system. Some of…
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