On July 7, a panel of judges for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled – unanimously – that individuals have a First Amendment right to film police officers in their official capacity. The 3rd Circuit now stands alongside the 1st, 5th, 7th, [...]
Something’s wrong with the crime labs in Austin – again. Earlier this year, it was reported that faulty DNA testing at a lab could have affected more than 2,000 criminal cases. A few days ago, it was announced that 850 rape kits may have [...]
The United States prison population is the largest in the world, with a staggering 2.3 million people incarcerated. You could cram the entire population of Dallas into the prison system and you would be only around halfway able to meet that number. The strain [...]
Did you know that you can be charged and convicted of assault without ever laying a hand on another person? The statutory definition of assault in Texas is as follows: “A person commits an offense if the person: Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily [...]
Starting September 1, police in Texas will have a new layer of legislative protection in the form of an amendment that makes it a hate crime to attack police officers. Texas is one of only a handful of states, including Louisiana, Kentucky and Mississippi, [...]
In 1992, Dan and Fran Keller were convicted of charges related to “satanic and ritual abuse of children” in their care. The two served 23 years of their 48-year sentence before being released in 2013 after a judge determined that they had not received [...]
NBC DFW reported on three teenagers that were arrested for stealing cars in Keller who may also be connected to a series of car thefts in North Fort Worth. In the past few weeks, dozens of vehicles had been burglarized in several neighborhoods in [...]
If you were anywhere near the 8400 block of Eastpoint Drive in Dallas recently, you might have wondered if you had wandered onto the set of the latest Fast & Furious movie. That is because earlier this month, five people were arrested for street [...]
Recently, a Dallas police officer was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Dallas. According to WFAA-TV, the incident happened on Memorial Day when the suspected hit-and-run driver crashed into the officer’s police car in Pecan Grove Park near the intersection of Kiest Boulevard and [...]
A federal judge recently preliminarily approved a class action settlement involving Black Lives Matter demonstrators who were arrested during a protest after a police shooting in Louisiana. In the class action lawsuit, the protesters claim the arrests violated their constitutional rights. The Minneapolis Star [...]
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