Category Archives: Criminal Law
Plea Bargaining in Texas: What’s Acceptable and What Isn’t
Plea deals are a fixture in the U.S. criminal justice system. In fact, many people with no direct connection to the criminal justice system…
Chief Justice Decries Habitual Offender Laws as Racist
Judges are human beings like the rest of us. They make smart decisions, and they make decisions that bear little resemblance to logic. The…
Divisive Politics and Racism of the Criminal Justice System
Top officials of the Trump administration, including U.S. Attorney General William Barr,claimthere is no “systemic racism” in law enforcement in this country. Yet the…
Investigative Hypnosis: Effective Forensic Tool or Just Junk Science?
Detectives and other law enforcement personnel have a broad range of evidence gathering methods used when investigating a crime. The problem is that not…
Commit a Crime During a Declared Disaster? Face Higher Penalties in TX
Law enforcement agencies and state officials around the country are doing their best to maintain order during this unprecedented time. In the state of…
Has the President Committed Negligent Homicide?
In a recent podcast interview with Mehdi Hasan, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirscher posed the interesting possibility that President Donald J. Trump could face…
Genetic Genealogy in Police Investigations
As of October 2019, genetic genealogy had been used to solve roughly 50 rapes and homicides across 29 states, including the infamous Golden State…
The Importance of Making Timely and Specific Objections in Criminal Proceedings
As we have noted before, criminal trials and sentencing are governed by strict rules of evidence and procedures. Objections to admission of impermissible evidence…
Reforming Criminal Justice in Our Country Starts with These Two Laws
The release of thousands of unjustly jailed citizens, an end to solitary confinement, a ban on private prisons, and raising the bar on prosecutorial…
Defending the Indefensible Client: Ethical Duty Versus Social, Professional Risk
Every criminal defense attorney has had a client whose crime repulsed the attorney. Every criminal suspect is entitled under both our state and federal…
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