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Dallas County announced that, in the near future, people charged with possession of marijuana might avoid arrest. Instead, they would face a ticket and be asked to show up in court. This is called cite and release. The threshold amount for arrest would...

Police Cameras are Growing in Popularity In what is starting to become a trend, police departments across the country are beginning to equip their officers with body-mounted cameras. These small cameras that police can append to their uniforms or...

H-E-B and CVS Pay Civil Fines for Filling Prescriptions for Unlicensed Doctors When pharmacies HEB and CVS are investigated for alleged illegal distribution of controlled substances in violation of federal law, they don’t go to jail. Instead, they are...

Texas Police Don’t Need a Warrant to Get Your Cell Phone Location Data When you make or receive calls, send or receive texts, a communication happens between you and the nearest cell tower to you that spills the beans on your precise location. A...

Texas Man Exonerated through DNA Testing. But He Wasn’t Expecting It In 1990, Michael Phillips was convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at a motel complex where they both lived. The evidence against Philips consisted of the girl’s eyewitness account....

People may have the idea that lab testing in criminal cases approximates what it looks like on CSI: shiny and flawless, with DNA tests and DWI blood tests performed soundly every time. In reality, this is not the case. Labs across the state have been...

For those of us concerned about privacy, the future is becoming a dangerous place. It has been slightly more than one year since the NSA fiasco. Many people in this country were shocked at the degree to which the federal government monitors ours phone...

Should States Set THC Limits for Marijuana DUI? Several weeks ago, a law died in the California Legislature that would have made it significantly easier to go after drivers and prosecute them for marijuana DUI. The law aimed to set the limit at 2...