Showing posts with label perjury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perjury. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Alleged police perjury here and yon: Brian Encina on the dock while Dallas cop on year-long paid vacation

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Former state trooper Brian Encina's not guilty plea this week in the aftermath of the Sandra Bland tragedy generated many headlines. Bu...
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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Trooper who threatened to 'light up' Sandra Bland indicted for perjury

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How interesting and impressive that state trooper Brian Encina from the Sandra Bland episode was indicted for perjury yesterday and then pro...
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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Widespread police testilying alleged: Tarrant DA responds by eliminating method of documenting it

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When a prosecutor hears a police officer lie on the stand, should there be a process by which they document it, or should they just keep us...
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Thursday, February 06, 2014

Trooper accused of perjury at DWI stop

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Reported the Austin Statesman yesterday : The DWI case against former Williamson County Sheriff’s spokesman John Foster should be dismiss...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

'Police Misconduct as a Cause of Wrongful Convictions'

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The headline of this post is the title of a new paper by Georgia Sate law prof Russell Covey . The abstract reads: This study gathers dat...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

On celebrity, the NSA, and the hypocrisy of DOJ perjury prosecutions

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Not a Texas-specific issue, but this has been bugging me: Can anyone justify why the US Justice Department ( unsuccessfully ) tried to prose...
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Thursday, January 03, 2013

Appellate court refers habeas writ applicant for perjury prosecution

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Last week, Grits pointed to a rare pro-Fourth Amendment ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in which the court found that "...
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