Before 2010, federal prosecutors routinely used the honest services component of the federal fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1346, to criminalize the failure of public officials and corporate executives to report their financial gains from business dealings with corporate or
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Texas Executes 78-Year-Old Carl Wayne Buntion
On April 21, 2022, Texas executed Carl Wayne Buntion by lethal injection. He was 78 years old—the oldest prisoner ever executed in Texas.
By the time of his execution, Buntion had been in prison two months shy of 32…
The Pandemic and Prison
A little more than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a picture is emerging as to the effect the pandemic has had on the nation’s prison and jail systems.
The United States incarcerates more people than any other country…
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Solitary Confinement: America’s Torture Program
In October of 2019, the Texas Civil Rights Project(TCRP) issued a report, “Torture by Another Name: Solitary Confinement in Texas,” that showed there were (as of May 2019) 4,165 inmates housed in long term solitary confinement in the Lone…
Pending Execution of Melissa Lucio Rests with Greg Abbott
On February 17, 2007, paramedics in Harlingen, Texas, responded to a call at an apartment shared by Melissa Lucio and her husband, Robert Alvarez. The EMTs found the couple’s two-year-old daughter, Mariah, unresponsive and, according to police reports, covered with…
Allegations of Child Pornography Serious in Texas
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) maintains a staff of 50 people in its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and in offices in four states (Texas, Florida, California, and New York) that receive tips and collect images provided…
The Costs of Wrongful Convictions and Incarceration
As of April 1, 2022, the National Registry of Exonerations (NRE) reported 3,050 exonerations in the U.S. since 1989. These cases represent 26,700 lost years in prison because of wrongful convictions, many of which were obtained through intentional prosecutorial and…