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The right to self-defense has been a fundamental feature of American society since its founding.
In Texas, the right to self-defense is protected by unique laws, including the "Castle Doctrine"
and the "Stand Your Ground" law. These laws protect individuals…
The internet is a part of the daily lives of most people. Indeed,
wonderful things are available through the World Wide Web. However,
one of the darker sides of its instant access is the way people can
easilyto misrepresent themselves…
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Indicting a former president is no minor task for any nation’s justice system to undertake.
In modern times, there have been former presidents indicted for criminal wrongdoing in France, Israel, South Africa, Brazil, Bolivia, and South Korea, to name a…
Category: Cyberstalking | Uncategorized
The internet is now woven into the fabric of everyday life, making electronic communication commonplace an easy way to stay in touch with others. However, not all communications via the internet or on social media are wanted – and some…
Category: Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law | Guns | Uncategorized
This past February, Houston’s city officials allocated 44 million dollars to combat increasing violence in the state’s largest city. At a news conference announcing the allocation of the violence-fighting funds, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner stated:
“Violent crime is a public…
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White hatred of people of color is a permanent fixture in American history. The violence done to people of color by White Americans cannot be undone, nor the historical recordings of that violence erased from the chronicles of history.
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Category: Presidential Commutation | Uncategorized
Presidential clemency, most often a commutation of a criminal sentence, is a last-ditch effort to have a reduced because of its harshness or an inordinate amount of time served by the offender. Presidential clemency powers are rarely exercised and it…
In October of 2019, the Texas Civil Rights Project(TCRP) issued a report, “Torture by Another Name: Solitary Confinement in Texas,” that showed there were (as of May 2019) 4,165 inmates housed in long term solitary confinement in the Lone Star…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Police Misconduct | Uncategorized
There was a time in this country when police misconduct was casually dismissed as “just a few bad apples.” It was widely believed that the police were professional people sworn to serve and protect the public. Communities of color, however,…
Category: Corruption | Police Misconduct | Uncategorized
Two icons of the 1960s used the term “by any means necessary”: the French existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and Black Muslim activist Malcolm X.
Sartre first used the term in his 1963 play “Dirty Hands,” and Malcolm X used…
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