Category: Violent Crime
The supporters of so called “Stand your Ground” laws say they were enacted to make America a safer place. However, an analysis of these laws in states including Texas, suggest they have led to an increase in the homicide rate but no apparent reduction in crimes such as burglaries and robberies. An analysis by the…
Charles Manson committed his crimes in the late 1960s but he remains one of America’s most infamous killers. Now police in Los Angeles, where he committed his crimes, believe recordings of conversations between his associate and a late Texas attorney, could shed light on the infamous killings or implicate Manson in other killings. Los Angeles…
According to a recent article on DallasNews.com, a prominent Dallas plaintiff’s attorney recently pleaded guilty to murder. The lawyer, Scott Marshall, pleaded guilty on January 20th to murdering Staci Michelle Montgomery, the ex-wife of Marshall’s former law partner Bady Sassin. In return for his plea, Marshall received a 40-year prison sentence. The plea hearing took…