CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
AN INDICTMENT BY A DEATH ROW SURVIVOR
By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd
I am happy to announce the release of another book by my good friends Billy and Jodie Sinclair entitled Capital Punishment: An…
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT:
AN INDICTMENT BY A DEATH ROW SURVIVOR
By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd
I am happy to announce the release of another book by my good friends Billy and Jodie Sinclair entitled Capital Punishment: An…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Judges Reap What They Sowed
By Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
There may be no Hero to the rescue in this dark drama hanging over the state and federal judiciaries in South Texas. The…
Executing the Insane: Past Witch Hunt; Current Shame
By Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Just after noon on December 9, 2008 a corrections officer assigned to Texas’ death row was making a normal security round…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Actual Innocence Not Recognized Ground for Relief in Federal Habeas Corpus Jurisprudence
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Is Larry Ray Swearingen guilty of capital murder? The State of Texas, through Montgomery County Assistant…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Failure to Properly Prepare for Trial, Basis for Federal Habeas Relief
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
In 2001 the two female justices on the U.S. Supreme Court spoke out about the quality of…
Now what do WE Do with It
By Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The “election” is over. Former Illinois Senator Barack Obama is now President-elect Obama. While it was a tremendous victory for the…
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair
Would you want a Judge presiding over a criminal case against you sleeping with the District Attorney prosecuting that case?
Didn’t think so. Most people wouldn’t.…
Two Cases of Child Murder; Only One Faces Death Penalty
By: Criminal Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Senior Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The District Attorney’s Office in Galveston, Texas, has in recent months confronted death penalty decisions…
By Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair
The State of Texas executed two foreign nationals during the week of August 5 and 7, 2008. Both men, Jose Ernesto Medellin and Heliberto Chi, were found…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair
On July 23, 2008 the State of Mississippi executed Dale Leo Bishop for his involvement in the beating death of 22-year-old Marcus James Gentry. The Bishop execution…