The sports world is still reeling from the Larry Nassar scandal—the tragic saga about the once well-respected doctor for the USA National Gymnastics team who was charged in 2016 with criminal sexual conduct against the very athletes he was supposed…
Category: Sex Crimes
2019
A search of a New Jersey home last year by federal agents discovered pornographic images of two children believed to be less than one year of age. Determined by forensic review to have been taken in 2015, the images revealed…
2019
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking
The last decade of media attention given to increasing human sex trafficking inside U.S; borders has sparked intense public interest, triggering an unprecedented law enforcement and prosecutorial response to address these kinds of crimes. This type of response at the…
2018
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Sex Crimes
If you are charged with a sex crime, your case may be taken up by the state of Texas or the federal government. Depending on which court you have to appear, you may face different penalties suggesting that you hire…
2018
Category: Constitutional Law | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the Bill Rights. These original amendments guaranteed 8 rights to criminal defendants facing prosecution by the federal government. They are:
Protection against unreasonable search and seizure;
Grand…
2018
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Trafficking
Roughly 7 million children are the victims of human trafficking each year. Former President Barak Obama addressed this domestic and global problem when he signed into law the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (JVTA) on May 29,…
2018
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Michigan state court Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina recently sentenced Dr. Lawrence Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison in the wake of 156 women and girls, mostly gymnasts, telling the court that the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State…
2018
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Tor is a service that allows a person to use the Internet anonymously. It has two components:
Software that must be downloaded to provided Internet anonymity; and
A network of volunteer computers…
2018
Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Abuse
Texas has always maintained a colorful love affair with prostitutes. The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) informs that as early as 1817 when Texas was still a Spanish province, prostitutes were distributing their wares in San Antonio (known as San…
2018
Category: Appeals | Constitutional Law | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to counsel at every critical stage of the proceedings against him or her, including the physical presence of counsel during trial.
This fundamental constitutional principle does…