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Dallas Police Sergeant on Administrative Leave after Fabricated Testimony during DWI Trial Stephen Baker, a 21-year veteran of the Dallas police department, is facing discipline after he stubbornly lied about why he pulled over a motorist. In 2012,...

The Benchmark of Evidence in Criminal Cases Called into Question According to a New York Times article, scientists in Israel have shown that DNA evidence can be falsified and misrepresented. This has resulted in much head scratching about what has to...

One controversial aspect of the marijuana legalization debate centers on the impact marijuana has on driving a car. The states that have legalized personal use have drawn a hard line on driving and marijuana, criminalizing trace amounts of THC in the...

Disastrous Drug Arrests Cheese. Maple Syrup. Tortillas. The Crushed-Up Corner of a Pop Tart. A Jolly Rancher. An article appearing on Slate details eight incidents across the country involving controlled substances that—when tested in a crime...

How the Grand Jury System in Texas Works Grand juries have been in the news often in the last year. And Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson wants to change the method Texas uses to select grand jurors to serve. So how do grand juries...

Texas Counties Could Stand to Save Significant Amount of Money Last year, I wrote about Dallas County how plans to start issuing tickets for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Dallas County realized the overwhelming financial costs stemming from...

Bill Would Create Funds for Statewide Body Cameras on Officers Who Frequently Stop Vehicles This seems to be the way things are headed. For better or for worse, rampant technological innovations are catalyzing police officers and law enforcement...

Highest Number of U.S. Exonerations Ever in 2014 There were a lot of bad convictions in the U.S. that were overturned or dismissed in 2014. The National Registry of Exonerations claims that 125 individuals were falsely convicted and subsequently...