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TACDL President Cynthia Orr Said Support for Death Penalty Waning
Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Cynthia Orr said support for the death penalty is waning throughout the country, and one U.S. Supreme Court justice called it “an unfortunate part” of the judicial system. In Voice for the Defense, a TACDL publication, Orr said a recent gallop poll showed the public is almost evenly divided on…
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TACDL President Cynthia Orr Discusses the Fourth Amendment and Miranda Rights
Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Cynthia Orr said search and seizure policies have been improving since the 1950s to provide for more security, but there still is work to be done to protect citizens. In Voice for the Defense, a TACDL publication, Orr said people were questioned without having their rights read to…
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TACDL President Cynthia Orr Said Drug Interdiction Needs to Get Serious
Attorney Cynthia Orr, president of the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said the country needs to change its methods of tackling the war on drugs. In the January/February 2004 issue of Voice for the Defense, a TACDL publication, Orr said the most effective way to end the flow of illicit drugs into the country…
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Attorney Cynthia Orr Said Texas Legislature Made Mistake Changing Definition of a Word
San Antonio attorney Cynthia Orr, president of the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said the Texas Legislature may have created a new category of crime when it changed the definition of the word “individual.” As reported by Texas Lawyer, the word “individual” now can include unborn persons from the time of “fertilization until birth.” Orr…
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TACDL President Cynthia Orr Said More Reforms are Needed for Death Penalty
San Antonio defense attorney Cynthia Orr, president of the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said a long-stalled innocent protection act soon will come to fruition, but more reforms still are needed. In Voice for the Defense, a TACDL publication, Orr said Texas currently has a Wall of Shame lined with the names of innocent…
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Attorney Cynthia Orr Said Laws Interfering With Judges’ Sentences Should Be Struck Down
Attorney Cynthia Orr, president of the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said The Protect Act and its enforcement place too much sentencing discretion in the prosecutor’s hands. In the President’ Message in Voice for the Defense, a TACDL publication, Orr said the act places too much power in the hands of one person, which…
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TACDL President Cynthia Orr said Judges and Attorneys Must Work Together
Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Cynthia Orr said judges, attorneys and all of those involved in the legal community should work together and treat each other with respect to ensure the best outcomes. In the September 2003 issue of Voice for the Defense, Orr said she greets her colleagues in the court room before trials….
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TACDL President Cynthia Orr said Government is Trying to Erode Attorney Client Privilege
Attorney Cynthia Orr, president of the Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACDL), said unauthorized government interference in the communication of an attorney with his or her client corrupts the proper function of democracy. In a Voice for the Defense issue from July/August 2003, Orr said the full communication between an attorney and counsel is…
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Gerry Goldstein Speaks About Civil Liberties One Year After September 11 Attacks
As reported by the San Antonio Current in their September 5-7, 2001, issue, civil rights attorney Gerry Goldstein testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and said Americans began losing some of the civil liberties after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Goldstein testified before committee as a legal representative of Dr. Al-Badr Al-Hazmi, a San Antonio radiologist from…
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Gerry Goldstein Inducted Into TCDLA Hall of Fame
San Antonio criminal defense attorney Gerry Goldstein was inducted into the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Hall of Fame June 7, 2002, for his extensive career in the legal profession. Goldstein graduated from the University of Texas law school in 1968 after doing undergraduate work at Tulane University and was named outstanding criminal defense attorney by the…
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