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Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children
Article 38.072 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure—more commonly known as the “outcry” statute—is thorny legal terrain in child sex cases.
The statute was enacted in 1985 as an exception to the longstanding prohibition against hearsay testimony in…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sexual Assault
The rules of evidence generally prohibit the use of crimes, wrongs, or other bad acts to prove a person’s character to show that a person acted accordingly on a particular occasion. This rule assures that the person accused is tried…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children
A false allegation of child sexual assault can destroy a person’s life quicker and more thoroughly than any other crime of violence, including a sexual assault of an adult. As criminal defense attorneys, we know this to be true because…
In August 2013, Greg Kelley, an outstanding football athlete, was arrested on the campus of Leander High School in Leander, Texas, located in Williamson and Travis Counties. He was charged with sexually assaulting a 4-year-old boy at a daycare center…
Category: Child Abuse | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The COVID pandemic has neither stifled nor hindered law enforcement undercover pedophile sting operations. Just last month, the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force with the Fargo Police Department announced the arrest of 60 people they allege expressed an interest…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking
Stories continue to unfold about many young people in the foster care system who have experienced a serious emotional and physical trauma caused by sex abuse before their lives really begin.
An increasing number of investigations into sex trafficking…
Category: Child Abuse | Sex Crimes Against Children
Two child sexual assault (CSA) cases in Texas offer a glimpse into the varied kinds of cases in which juries must determine guilt or innocence and, most often, punishment as well. The different results reached in each case reflect the…
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children
Yes.
Already facing state charges of aggravated sexual assault and abuse in Chicago state court, R. Kelly has now attracted the attention of the federal government as well.
How so?
He was recently taken into custody on…
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking
Backpage.com has been a notorious source for serious sex crimes, including the prostitution of minors and sex trafficking across state borders. The site was shut down in April, but many of the criminal cases involving Backpage remain active, including the…
Category: Corruption | Sex Crimes Against Children | Sex Trafficking | Sexual Abuse
U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth A. Marra recently issued a ruling that federal prosecutors who negotiated a 2008 plea deal with billionaire Jeffery Epstein violated the federal Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 (“CVRA”). Judge Marra ruled that the…
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