Theft is one of those crimes where the penalties vary dramatically depending on the value of the item stolen. Naturally, cars tend to be valuable, so stealing a car can result in pretty serious charges. Prosecutors will look at the fair market value of [...]
According to Gov. Greg Abbott’s State of the State address this year, Texas leads the nation in teacher-student sexual assaults. And yet, in many of these cases, there either are no criminal charges levied, or the perpetrators end up with deferred or reduced sentences. [...]
A credit card skimmer is a device that people install on machines that read cards, like ATMs or gas pumps, in order to steal information from the card’s magnetic strip. One of the more technologically sophisticated methods of credit card theft, skimmers are becoming [...]
Texas takes drunk driving very seriously. Our state has consistently held the record for highest number of drunk driving-related deaths, with a person hurt or killed every 20 minutes in the state. In 2014, 1,466 people died in Texas due to drunk driving and [...]
New year, new elected officials, new questions about how to progress with Texas criminal justice. This legislative session, Texas lawmakers will be examining the interactions between police and civilians as well as changing the way some crime is handled. Here is a look at [...]
Once something is on the Internet, it’s there forever. This includes evidence of crimes in the making. An Austin man, Blaine Alexander Mallon, was recently taken into custody after a concerned Internet user discovered an elaborate rape plan on Omegle. The chat website does [...]
Resisting arrest and evading arrest are two different criminal charges, although the two often come in conjunction with one another (though not always). Resisting Arrest In general, resisting arrest occurs when a defendant attempts to interfere with the police officer’s duty. Depending on the [...]
What makes an assault in Texas aggravated? The two charges, while similar, result in significantly different penalties in Texas. A simple assault that results in minor injuries is typically a Class A misdemeanor. The penalty for this is a fine of up to $4,000 [...]
Crime labs are incredibly important to criminal cases, on both sides. The prosecution relies on forensic evidence to obtain a conviction. That very same evidence could hold the key to exoneration. And yet, for their importance, crime labs in Texas are surprisingly underregulated. Problems [...]
Texas was not involved in the green wave that swept the United States last election, when several states legalized marijuana. But given that marijuana legalization has reached an all-time high (pardon the pun) in popularity, it is not too much of a stretch to [...]
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