*Indicates Required Fields
America’s penal incarceration statistics are shocking to say the least.
The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that there were 2.2 million people in the nation’s jails and prisons at the end of 2014.
BJS figures showed that another…
There has always been something fundamentally flawed about the relationship between the police and black people in this country. This troubled relationship actually pre-dates the establishment of organized policing. It stems from the Southern Slave Patrols (first established in South…
The National Institute of Justice has found that a police officer’s “demeanor and actions are crucial to perceptions of police legitimacy. If officers communicate well, listen and treat citizens with respect, citizens will respond in kind.” In fact, research shows…
Category: Criminal Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) monitors lawless local police departments and state prisons across the country – and there are plenty of them in need of oversight.
In a June 6, 2016 opinion piece, To Stop Bad Prosecutors Call…
Category: Criminal Law
While there are no statistics readily available, police K-9 apprehensions number in the tens of thousands each year. Excessive police force claims tend to focus on firearms or Tasers but the unlawful use of police dogs to attack suspects has…
Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law
There are actually 52 court systems in the United States: the 50 state systems, the federal system, and the local court system in the District of Columbia. The supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution requires that federal law trumps any…
The current presidential election campaign has awakened the racial divide in this country. And it’s not a pretty sight. The latest example of this divide is the controversy swirling around the “fist salute” given by 16 graduating African-American female cadets…
Category: Criminal Law | DWI
Currently pending before the Supreme Court are consolidated cases from Minnesota and North Dakota—under the title of Birchfield v. North Dakota—that could significantly change the way states deal with suspected drunk drivers.
The question before the Court is this:…
You know there is a need for “reform” when all sides of the political spectrum join forces in demanding it. The staggering expense of incarceration has compelled both liberal and conservative elected officials and advocacy groups to stand together in…
Category: Criminal Law
We recently posted a piece about bail which is an essential component of our criminal justice system but which is too often abused by those in charge of running it. What we did not discuss in that piece are the…
Take the first step toward protecting your freedom by contacting us now:
