Crimes committed in Texas sometimes become federal prosecutions. Generally when the federal government assumes jurisdiction over criminal cases the penalties and the actual amont of time spent in prison will be more severe than under the Texas legal system. More…
Tag: drug crimes
2021
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Drug trafficking charges are frequently the result of racial profiling. This is especially so in the state of Texas and Harris County in particular.
Data backs up the charge that people of color are targeted by the police in…
2020
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Manufacturing | Drug Trafficking
In an effort to disrupt the distribution of methamphetamine across the country, federal law enforcement officials have allocated new resources.
A bill passed in late 2019 by Congress allowed federal money to be used in the fight against meth…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Owners of a renowned Dallas-based “headshop” (a retail outlet specializing in paraphernalia for the consumption of cannabis and/or tobacco), the Gas Pipe, were recently acquitted of drug trafficking charges after being accused of directly contributing to what was dubbed…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Distribution
A federal judge recently sentenced a man who supplied a San Antonio-based pill mill with fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to nearly 21 years in federal prison without parole.
The defendant was a low-level supplier who provided drugs that were…
2019
Category: Drug Trafficking | Prescription Drugs
Dubbed “just drug dealers” by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown, two Texas doctors and a nurse were recently convicted on federal drug trafficking charges. All three were sentenced to federal prison, 20 years for each doctor and 15 years…
2019
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | RICO
After a 31-month investigation spanning three countries and seven cities, “Operation Wrecking Ball” has yielded a 43-count indictment against 47 suspects in custody to date.
Given heightened public concern about opiates and the partisan political war being waged over…
2019
Category: Drug Crime
Conflicting appearances, especially in drug cases, often illustrate the unfairness of penal punishment in the American criminal justice system.
But there are many different reasons for this dilemma.
In this post, we’re going to look at two recent…
2019
Category: Criminal Law | Drug Crime
The First Step Act (“Act”) is expected to produce badly needed reform of the federal mandatory minimum sentencing scheme. The reform legislation offers promise to improve rehabilitation programs and living conditions in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
More importantly,…
2018
Again and again, the nation’s so-called “War on Drugs” has proven itself to be an extremely harsh system that does more harm than good. Harsh mandatory minimums, the draconian “three strikes” policy, and racial/ethnic biases on the side of law…