Author: David Gonzalez

Congratulations to Worth Carroll for being selected as one of 5 finalists in the 2023 Austin Under 40 Awards Legal Category!

David was on KXAN yesterday morning with some advice for parents and teenagers on how to avoid being arrested for venting on Facebook. Check out the video below:

I agree with pretty much everything that Houston attorney Kevin Pennell writes in his editorial in the Houston Chronicle about former federal judge Sam Kent, but it still bothers me. (Previous post on Kent here.) He’s right, of course – Kent isn’t being taught skills that will prepare him for life outside of the jail; […]

You know what’s a harsh word to see in print? RAPE. I thought about using a euphemism in the subject line up there, but there aren’t really any that convey what the word means, and anyway — the NYPD officer who used it when explaining what’d happen in jail to a guy with a video […]

It’s been a while since we made any mention of Busted! In Austin, the weekly rag that runs mugshots of people who were arrested and sells ’em at trashy convenience stores and gas stations for a dollar. Clickthrough on that link in the previous sentence and you’ll get a good idea of what we think […]

Well, it had to happen. It’s awfully hard to demonize a suspect accused of a crime when you’re left strictly with the power of words, and the news media, unfortunately, does often see its role as demonizing the accused. (How else would people know how bad they are?) Dropping scare quotes around when referring to […]

Scott Greenfield’s blog brought this story to my attention: A parolee released from prison just two and a half weeks ago was arrested Saturday in connection with the worst carnage the City of Buffalo has experienced in at least three decades. But before the day ended, law enforcement officials said they think they got the […]

As I’ve spent the past week or so delving into puppycide cases, in which the police kill a dog who presents no real threat (or who they have no valid reason for being around), one thing comes up whenever you see a discussion online, often from people who we’d otherwise agree with: With all of […]

I’ve mentioned before that a big part of my reading, as I try to understand (and subsequently relay) a piece of the bigger picture behind the people involved in the criminal justice system, involves Cop Blogs. Some are funny and smart and insightful, some are racist and loathsome and offensive – well, sure. Cops are […]