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Category: Criminal Law | Illegal Pornography | Internet Sex Crimes
Texas Penal Code § 21.15(b)(1) made it a crime to photograph someone “without the person’s consent” and “with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.”
In 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex…
Category: Criminal Law
On January 12, 2017, the Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI)published a money bail study that revealed it is costing American taxpayers roughly $38 million a day, or nearly 14 billion a year, to keep approximately 450,000 low risk, pretrial detainees housed…
Category: Corporate Fraud | Criminal Law
There has been much media attention given to possible conflicts of interest President Donald Trump will encounter as he serves the interests of the American people while simultaneously serving the interests of his business brand.
Exploiting Public Position for…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
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 across the country feel besieged, some to the point that they elected to “stand down”…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
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 her stated goals are lofty indeed:
Concentrate on the prosecution of violent offenders while diverting…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Criminal sentencing is a flawed process. The question is what to do about it. This is a difficult question, especially when there is no consensus across the nation’s sentencing landscape, either at the federal or state level, about the real…
Category: Criminal Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Richard W. Painter is a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. He was the chief White House ethics attorney from 2005-2007 under President George W. Bush.
Painter knows the law and understands the rules of professional conduct…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Police are trained to “shoot to stop.” This means rapid fire “center mass” into the chest of someone who may be posing a threat to the officer or someone else. The police fire multiple times until the perceived threat has…
Category: Criminal Law
During the recent presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to make African-American neighborhoods “safe.” As part of this campaign rhetoric, Trump promised to give the police more power to make these neighborhoods “safe.”
Abuse of Power, Stop and Frisk,…
Category: Appeals | Criminal Law
The laws that apply to guilt do not always apply to punishment—at least that is the position of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TexCrimApp). This can create a slippery slope in cases where new evidence tends to undermine both…
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