Category Archives: Criminal Law
Civil Rights Case Will Proceed Against Officers Who Shot Mentally Ill Woman
Police are trained to “shoot to stop.” This means rapid fire “center mass” into the chest of someone who may be posing a threat…
DOJ Report Blasting Baltimore Police Instructive Nationwide
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…
Denying Justice by Limiting Definition of “Conviction”
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…
Rural and Suburban Counties Set New “Tough on Crime” Agenda
Crime reached unprecedented levels in the 1980s and early 1990s before it began a precipitous decline beginning in 1995. Experts from every field in…
Should A Registered Sex Offender Have Access to Social Media? Supreme Court May Decide
The State of North Carolina does not believe registered sex offenders should enjoy access to social media. State lawmakers made this clear in 2008…
Excessive Bail in Texas
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…
Judge Disqualified from Cases When Previously Participated as Counsel for State
There are times when courts of appeals entertain certain issues of the law because the trial court failed to take reasonable steps to safe…
Police Shootings, Abuse and The Mentally Ill
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…
Police Who Lie Are Subject to Civil Rights Damages
In 1997, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Ricciuti v. N.Y.C. Transit Authority held that law enforcement officers who fabricate evidence against a…
Abuse of Lethal Force by Police
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,…
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