Can You Commit a Crime By Sending Emojis?
In recent years texting has become one of the main means of communications for millions of people. The expansion of texting apps... Read More
NFL Quarterback Johnny Manziel is Investigated Over Assault Claims in Dallas
Police in Dallas are investigating whether to charge Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel over allegations that he hit, kidnapped and threatened to... Read More
The Implications of Texas’s New Open Carry Law
Texas’s new “open carry” law came into effect on Jan 1, 2016, sparking considerable discussion about how it will affect the criminal... Read More
Forensic Testing is Investigated in Two Texas Counties
DNA evidence has been routinely used in criminal trials since the 1990s and is seen as an extremely reliable way of linking... Read More
Why Polygraph Tests Are Not Admissible in Court
If you watch any TV show about true crimes or a drama, you’ll often see references to polygraph tests. Given that the... Read More
Presidents are Granting Fewer and Fewer Clemency Claims
Executive clemency is the process in which an offender is granted a pardon by the President. Typically hundreds of cases were put... Read More
Justice Department Report Highlights Tainted Criminal Justice System in Ferguson
A damning report into the way crime is handled in Ferguson, MO., has confirmed that not all local criminal justice systems are... Read More
United Nations Expresses Concern over Grand Jury Acquittals of Police Accused of Killings of African Americans
In 2012, there was an angry demonstration in Dallas, Texas when police shot and killed James Harper. Harper, an African American, was... Read More
Americans Believe the Civil Justice System is Racist
A summer of civil disturbance in Ferguson, Missouri, after the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer,... Read More
A Legal Analysis of the Rick Perry Indictment for Non-Lawyers
As everyone with a passing interest in politics now knows, a special prosecutor in Texas has charged Governor Rick Perry with two... Read More
