Recent Posts in Sex Crimes Category
Posted on May 8, 2013 By Q. Tate Williams
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Houston led the nation in new manufacturing jobs, and it seems the Harris County Sheriff's Office, eager to do its part, has manufactured another ...
Continue reading "Once Again, Backpage Bust is Front Page News" »
Posted on Apr 16, 2013 By Q. Tate Williams
I try to avoid writing about pending bills because I want to focus on actual laws rather than potential ones, but the Texas Tribune has an interesting post about about a bill rolling back felony ...
Continue reading "Reduced Punishments for Repeat Prostitutes? (Updated)" »
Posted on Apr 1, 2013 By Q. Tate Williams
Rarely the week goes by that I do not receive a call or two about Texas Statutory Rape law. This can be confusing because Texas doesn't call it Statutory Rape. We call it " Sexual Assault of ...
Continue reading "16 Can Get You 20!" »
Posted on Mar 25, 2013 By Q. Tate Williams
Using tactics similar to those of Houston area police agencies, a North Carolina backpage.com prostiution sting caught an attorney from a recent high profile case and former World Series of Poker ...
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Posted on Dec 4, 2012 By Q. Tate Williams
In the interest of shameless self-promotion, below is a link to an article written by me published in the November, 2012, issue of Voice for the Defense, the online and print magazine of the Texas ...
Continue reading "Are Prostitution Stings Legal?" »
Posted on Oct 13, 2012 By Q. Tate Williams
Compared to the population of Harris County and the amount of serious violent crime that occurs in the community, the resources devoted to prostitution stings may seem insignificant to some, but ...
Continue reading "Local Prostitution Sting Nets Headlines, Evades Scrutiny (Updated)" »
Posted on Oct 10, 2012 By Q. Tate Williams
The Houston Chronicle published an article today revealing that the Houston Police Department mislabeled evidence containing DNA from a 2003 rape investigation that was finally discovered and ...
Continue reading "HPD Mistake Denies Justice to Rape Victim" »
Posted on Oct 2, 2012 By Q. Tate Williams
I will be talking Texas felony prostitution laws this afternoon at 4:00 PM, on "The Cliff Kelley Show", WVON Chicago. Prostitution is a crime in Texas and, after 2001 legislature, a fourth ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2012 By Q. Tate Williams
This past weekend news outlets nationwide and as far away as Britain reported that a wealthy Dallas socialite was recently charged with possession and distribution of child pornography by federal ...
Continue reading "Collateral Damage - Family & Friends of the Accused" »
Posted on Mar 13, 2012 By Q. Tate Williams
Forensic misadventures aren't a uniquely Houston, Texas, or American problem. The BBC, Guardian, and other British news outlets have published numerous articles in the past week about the blunders ...
Continue reading "Anarchy in the UK" »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
Local news reports indicate that an area massage therapist, Ken Scripa, has been charged with sexual assault. Mr. Scripa is presumed innocent and in a position other massage therapists have found ...
Continue reading "Massaging the Facts" »
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
Teenagers making questionable decisions, particularly where sex is concerned, isn't news. However, the age of cell phones being used to capture and share images of teens in compromising positions ...
Continue reading "New Sexting Law Tickets Teens" »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
The Houston Police Department has located another estimated 3,000 untested rape kits, according to the Houston Chronicle, in addition to more than 4,200 they were already aware of. This report comes ...
Continue reading "Slow DNA Testing is Better than Bad DNA Testing" »
Posted on Aug 7, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
The following statistics are taken from statistics compiled annually by the state and published here. Two things that jump out: As far as docket size, the Criminal District Courts in Harris County ...
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Posted on May 16, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
Was Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, denied bail in his pending sex crime cases because of Roman Polanski's four decade flight from justice? Even if the court ...
Continue reading "Is Strauss-Kahn Paying for Polanski's Crime?" »
Posted on May 12, 2011 By Q. Tate Williams
There is "jail bait;" there are "jail babes;" and now "jail babes" into "jail bait," or perhaps according to a photo filled post about women convicted of sex ...
Continue reading "The Best Little Sex Offenders in Texas" »