Dallas Morning News has yet another story on the proliferation of DWI blood warrants. This time the Dallas Police are joining the bandwagon of cities who have chosen to circumvent the law and violate your right to refuse blood testing. What about the right to counsel? Will these DWI suspects…
I spent the morning at the State Office of Administrative Hearings in Dallas. SOAH is where all live Dallas ALR hearings are held. You can also request a telephone hearing. Ceteris paribus, I prefer a live hearing. A live cross examination contains more useful information than one by phone. What…
Until yesterday I had never viewed any of A&E’s Dallas SWAT reality show. Last night I caught about 15 minutes of one episode. This 1/4 hour of television showed much of what is wrong with law enforcement. Here is what went down on Dallas SWAT. Home Invasion Search The SWAT…
I had a ticket case in Dallas today. If you get a ticket from the City of Dallas you are sent to the Dallas Municipal Court. The court is located downtown at 2014 W Main. I needed to work out a traffic violation with the prosecutor. Sounds easy enough. However,…
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins is Texas’ best DA when it comes to seeking out wrongful convictions. Mr. Watkins exoneration work has uncovered a startling trend- many wrongful convictions involve prosecutors who purposefully hid evidence from the defense. Mr. Watkins proposes criminal and state bar sanctions for prosecutors who…
Today’s DMN has a shocking story. Dallas Auto Theft Task Force agents knew that one of their snitches was going to rob a tractor trailer with $1m in cigarettes. The police, not wanting to ruin their important investigation, told no one. This robbery took place in Waxahachie, in Ellis County.…
DMN reports that Dallas County Criminal courts have a growing backlog of felony cases.. Even with the addition of two new felony courts in 2005 the number of pending cases is still growing each year. DMN estimates there are 24,126 pending felony cases in Dallas. What could possibly cause such…
Dallas Police teamed up with federal ICE agents to raid Latino nightclubs over the weekend. 50 illegal immigrants were arrested. It is unclear if any had a record. 4 guns were recovered. What were these illegal immigrants doing that posed such a threat to Dallasites? Working… as security guards… at…
The Dallas Police Ticket Scandal finally reached a conclusion with the firing of three officers and the suspension of one. The officers wrote false information on tickets. These tickets turned into warrants which led to the arrest of innocent defendants. What was the police officer’s defense? Those falsely arrested were…
DMN Letter The Dallas Morning News Published a letter I sent on the Dallas Cell Phone Ban. IWTS readers will recognize it as an earlier post. Simple Justice- Cell Phone Kills Children. Here is a debate I had with Simple Justice’s Scott Greenfield. It’s an interesting read. I think it…