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    WHY BABIES MUST CARRY GUNS TO MAKE AMERICA SAFE!

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

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    After a 2013 school shooting, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, proposed the “Model School Shield Program”. The “Model School Shield Program” called for Congress to put armed guards in all of our 98,817 public schools. In other words, Wayne’s solution …

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    Could you handle 284 Juvenile Cases in 291 days?

    Posted by: Robert Fickman

    Friends-   How we treat juveniles in this system is as disgraceful as anything I have ever seen.

    It is one thing to provide ineffective assistance of counsel to adults. It is an entirely different and more odious thing to provide …

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    It takes a Great Person to Make a Great Judge

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    I readily admit that I am an outspoken critic of the criminal justice system.  I think it our duty as participants to do our best to make the system better. To me, that means I should do my best …

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    10 Houston Lawyers Set New Indoor Record Handling 3576 Felonies in One Year!!!

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    We must reform  the disgraceful  Court appointment system in Houston, Harris County Texas.

    The Judges in Harris County  are  human beings which means, notwithstanding the robe, they can  make mistakes.  When  a group of judges, acting in concert,  …

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    24
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    We must Change Harris County’s Shameful Appointment System Now.

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    We must do away  with the ugly appointment system in Harris County. Good people like  State Senator Rodney Ellis and Past HCCLA President Jack Zimmerman, as well  as  others worked hard to pass this Act.

    The problem is …

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    Federal Bank Fraud Charges in Texas: Elements of the Crime and Defense Strategies

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    Federal bank fraud carries up to 30 years in prison per count and fines of up to $1 million. In the Southern District of Texas, these cases are prosecuted aggressively, and the government typically begins building its evidentiary record long …

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    How Federal Sentencing Enhancements Apply to Federal Gun Crime Cases

    May 11, 2026

    A federal gun charge can carry many times the prison time that the same conduct would carry in state court. Under the Federal  Armed Career Criminal Act, the average sentence for a felon-in-possession conviction climbs from 67 months to 199 …

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    Money Mule Cases: Defending Against Federal Financial Crime Charges

    April 30, 2026

    Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Texas are charging money mules under wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy statutes, even when the defendant had no knowledge of the underlying scheme.

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