The Los Angeles Police Department, like most law enforcement agencies, has faced numerous lawsuits based on civil rights violations and accidents caused by officers. From 2002 – 2011 1,000 such lawsuits were either tried to a jury or settled against LAPD. Our local law enforcement agencies, including the Las Cruces Police Department, Dona Ana County […]
Criminal search warrants done by phone
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled unanimously that search warrants may be approved electronically by a judge, eliminating a mandatory in-person signing requirement which was required in the past. “Article II, Section 10 of the New Mexico Constitution requires search warrants to be based on a written showing of probable cause supported by oath or […]
Motorcycle accidents and basic safety
Everyday motorcycle accidents result in serious injuries to motorcycle drivers and passengers. Other drivers on the road should take extra precautions around motorcyclists. Motorcycle crashes killed 4,502 people in 2010. Motorcycle-related deaths have increased by 55% since 2000. Motorcycle crash-related injuries and deaths totaled $12 billion in one year in medical care costs and productivity […]
Car accidents on Highway 70 and installing cable barriers
Everyone knows that car accidents can cause serious injury and even death. Many serious car accidents result in lawsuits to make sure that the injured, and families of loved ones who have been killed, are fully compensated. But the power of protests from the public and the threat of lawsuits can also force the government […]
Wrongful convictions in criminal cases
The Innocence Project’s data indicates that nationally, for every ten people executed, one person is exonerated. Is that a rate of success we can live with? No it is not. Unfortunately, New Mexico, like our sister states has also falsely accused and wrongfully convicted the innocent. Including: Thomas Gladish, Richard Greer, Ronald Keine, Clarence Smith, […]
