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Texas Senator, Atty. Gen. Announce Plans for Sexting Legislation – Houston Criminal Lawyers
Sexting, or the practice of transmitting nude and semi nude images on cell phones, is currently considered a felony offense, and teenagers, who engage in such practices, can be prosecuted as felons. You don’t have to be a Houston criminal defense lawyer to know how absurd that is. Most instances of sexting start out [...]
Texas DWI Laws Have Failed to Rein in Drunk Drivers – Houston DWI Lawyers
A 2001 law that authorizes police officers to seize the license of a drunk driver has done little to eliminate drunk driving on Texas streets. Another law passed in 2003 that authorized surcharges of up to $3,000 for motorists driving under the influence, has also failed to either prevent drunk driving or raise revenues. It’s [...]
Arlington Considers No-Prostitution Zone Ahead of Super Bowl – Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers
Just a few months before the nation focuses its attention on the Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, Texas during the Super Bowl, the city’s police chief is trying to create a “prostitution exclusionary zone” that will keep sex workers out of the city’s main entertainment district. Millions of people are expected to converge on this area, [...]
Do You Know Your Miranda Rights? Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers
It’s not just Houston criminal defense lawyers who know the Miranda rights verbatim. Most Americans are familiar with the Miranda rights, thanks to so many TV police shows. However, how many know that the Supreme Court this year has been tinkering with the familiar rights, ensuring more ambiguity, and possibly, some confusion?
This year, the country’s [...]
Suicide-The Silent Killer in American Prisons
A new report has sobering facts for Houston criminal defense lawyers. Suicide is the number one cause of unnatural death among prison inmates in the United States, accounting for about 29% of all prison deaths between 2000 and 2007. Those facts come from a new report, called Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2007 as reported to [...]
Alcohol Addiction Treatment Must Be a Big Part of Texas DWI Laws – Houston Criminal Lawyers
The ineffectiveness of DWI laws in Texas were the subject of hearings last week. The hearings involved several lawmakers, including Senator John Whitmire of Houston, who is the chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Members of the panel heard from representatives of law enforcement agencies. Some of the many recommendations that were put forward [...]
Parenting Style Can Help Prevent DWI among Houston Teen Motorists – Texas Injury Lawyers
A new study shows that your parenting style can help prevent the risk of binge drinking and other undesirable alcohol-related behaviors in your teenage child. The study which has been published in the July issue of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, surveyed more than 5,000 children, and asked them about their relationship with [...]
In-Car Breathalyzer Device Won’t Help You Get Out Of a Houston DWI
Last month, the New York Times reported that Congress is likely to approve increased funding for an alcohol detection device program, that’s funded jointly by the federal administration and the auto industry. The program called the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety receives funding of $2 million a year, contributed jointly by the National Highway [...]
New Texas Prison Program Aims to Encourage Bonding Between Female Inmates, Babies – Houston Criminal Lawyer
As Houston criminal defense lawyers, we often come face-to-face with some of the most desperate persons who are faced with spending time in prison. Many of these are pregnant women, for whom the challenges of a prison sentence can be even greater. That’s why it was so great to read about a new program in [...]
Pearland High School Students Likely to Face Sex Crime Charges for Sexting – Houston Criminal Lawyers
Several high school students in Pearland face criminal charges arising out of “sexting.” According to the Houston Chronicle, the students are accused of sending obscene photographs via cell phones.
All the students involved here are below 17 years of age. What happened here was that one of the students who had broken up with his ex-girlfriend, [...]
