Removing Yourself from the Texas Sex Offender Registry
How to Get Removed from the Texas Sex Offender Registry According to the Marshall Project, about 800,000 Americans are required to register as a sex offender. While society tends to think of people on the sex offender registry as serial predators or violent criminals, the reality is that about half are on the registry for...Read More
White Collar Crime Prosecutions Hit a 33-Year Low
Texas has seen some high-profile white collar crime cases in recent years. However, new data suggests prosecutions brought for corporate corruption is falling. According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a research center at Syracuse University that tracks federal data, white collar prosecutions fell under the Trump administration. They are down 8.5% from a year...Read More
Why TX Court of Appeals Ruled Harassment Statute as Unconstitutional
Harassment in a term that’s used to describe actions that are intended to humiliate, embarrass or demean a person. However, the term is also one that contains a lot of gray areas in its definition – especially in the digital age we live in. Texas has a specific statute on its books that prohibits electronic...Read More
Mayor Calls for Crime Plan as Violent Offenses Rise in Dallas
Homicides in Dallas are on course to hit a 10-year high by the year’s end, sparking a demand by Mayor Eric Johnson for a plan to cut violent offenses. The Dallas Morning News reported Mayor Eric Johnson wrote a letter to City Manager T.C Broadnax highlighting the stark rise in violent crime in thDallase city...Read More
Can I Get Out of Prison While My Appeal Is Pending?
Can I Get Out of Prison While My Appeal Is Pending? People who have been convicted of a crime have a right to file an appeal. Because it can take several months or more for an appeal to make it to court, most people want to know if they can wait out this process at...Read More
Experts Call for Prison Reform in Texas as Health Care Costs Rise
Texas has made moves to reduce its massive prison population in recent years. Some experts say the state’s reforms don’t go far enough as prisons struggle with rising health care costs associated with older inmates. Texas Department of Criminal Justice revealed the cost of prison health care rose more than 50% over the last seven...Read More
Dallas Best Securities Fraud Defense Lawyers Explains 5 Most Common Types of Securities Fraud
Securities fraud is a category of white-collar crime that comes with serious consequences. Learn about the most common types of securities fraud and their penalties. Crimes that are non-violent and financially motivated are referred to as white-collar crimes. There are various criminal acts that fall within this category, with one of the most recognized being...Read More
Common DWI Defenses
Getting arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) can quickly turn into a nightmare. Just being arrested for drunk driving can hurt your reputation, put stress on your family, and perhaps even jeopardize your job. Fortunately, there are many different ways to defend such a case. An experienced Texas criminal defense lawyer can help you review...Read More
Texas’ Highest Court Stays the Execution of Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed
The case of Rodney Reed, a Texas man facing execution, has made headlines across the nation in recent weeks as millions of people signed online petitions calling for the courts to take another look at the case. Texas’ highest criminal court halted Reed’s execution on Nov. 15, sending the case back to the trial court...Read More
Should Courts Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Future Criminal Behavior?
It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but cities across the country are already using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess whether someone accused of a crime should be released on bond prior to their trial. The problem with using AI for this purpose, according to computer experts, is that algorithms sometimes...Read More