Showing posts with label murder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label murder. Show all posts
Friday, July 8, 2016

Vacation or jail?

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After the events of the last few days it's time to end the double-standard in our criminal (in)justice system that we don't talk eno...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

It's okay because I said it's okay

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First forget about all the niceties we've come to appreciate. I'm talking about the Due Process Clause, the right to trial by jury a...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Punting time

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As far as crimes go, setting an eight-year old boy afire falls toward the end of the spectrum of the worst of the worst. But what do you do...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Jumping the gun

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After spending days telling everyone who would listen that he thought James Holmes should get the death penalty for the massacre in Aurora, ...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Guilty, as charged

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Our Constitution provides that anyone accused of a crime will be afforded due process of law (now that's a moving target). That means th...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The man with his finger on the button

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Well so much for all that checks and balances nonsense. Not to mention all that talk of separation of powers. The Obama White House has deci...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

More questions than answers

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One of the trademarks of a dictatorship is the Law of Rule. When the forces of democracy finally topple the old regime (which they always do...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Shhh! It's a secret

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Naturally the very existence of the document is a national security secret (or at least a pinkie-swear secret) - but what you expect when t...
Saturday, October 1, 2011

Death without due process

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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Update: You are about to witness a murder

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On Tuesday night the State of Texas murdered Steven Michael Woods . Mr. Woods was convicted of the 2001 murders of Ronald Whitehead and Be...
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Thursday, September 8, 2011

On statistics and the death penalty

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Doug Berman over at Sentencing Law and Policy  presents us a new statistic to measure the efficiency of state death machines - "Execu...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Legislating thought

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US Attorney General Eric Holder said new hate crimes legislation was necessary to protect us from "violence masquerading as political ...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Twelve year-old charged with capital murder

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Harris County prosecutors have charged a 12 year old boy with capital murder in the death of a 10 month-old baby who was left unattended by...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Spector convicted of second degree murder

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Phil Spector , the creator of the " Wall of Sound " in the 1960's saw his world crash down on him when the jury in his second ...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

DWI = murder?

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As I wrote about last week , Harris County has begun criminalizing automobile accidents.  Now the Dallas County DA's office has filed mu...