Scams Series
A New Black Market for Selling and Buying Stolen Facebook Groups
Facebook and other social media account holders have another thing to worry about. Their Facebook groups and their account can be stolen, and then it can turn up for sale on the black market. And the owners of accounts on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and...
Videos
Dan Janal Podcast Interview with Gini Graham Scott
Gini Graham-Scott, author of “the Big Con” and “I was Scammed” talks with Dan Janal about how to spot a scam and how to avoid being scammed on this episode: The “Make My Book A Movie Scam” All Authors Need to Know About
Media & Press Releases
The Growing World of Podcasts and a New Series Features New & Unusual Businesses
The world of podcasts is huge and growing. As of June 2024, approximately 2.7 million podcasts were available on Apple Podcasts alone, reflecting a 13.5% increase from September 2021. Globally, there are over 5 million podcasts with more than 75 million episodes. In...
Immigration Reform
Hispanics Commit More Violent Crime than Whites
While I have previously pointed out that blacks commit the most violent crimes , Hispanic still commit considerably more crimes than whites. Let me explain how I have reached this conclusion through a careful analysis of crime statistics.
The Opioid Crisis
How China Is Using the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers: An Approach that Works
Like Singapore, China has had a long history of capital punishment as a legal penalty for murder and drug trafficking, though unlike Singapore, China uses lethal injection or a gunshot. China executes more prisoners than any other country each year, in part because it...
The Citizen-Police Divide
WHAT HAPPENS TO A COP AFTER A POLICE SHOOTING
The Many Hearings a Cop Faces to Determine Guilt or Innocence Many citizens commonly think that the police are getting off easy after an officer shoots a citizen and is judged to not be at fault. While they attribute this result to a biased criminal justice system...
Author Paul Brakke is a scientist based in Central Arkansas. He became interested in studying the criminal justice system when his life was turned upside down after his wife was falsely accused of aggravated assault