Interviews with East TX criminals, including those that have turned the corner and straightened out their lives and the attorneys who defended or prosecuted them.
Publisher
Georgia Kimmey
Category
society & culture · society & culture · true crime
Todd Kassaw candidate for Angelina Co District Judge
In a heated Republican race for the spot on the bench of the 159th District Court in Angelina County, Texas, you heard me interview Al Charanza. Now it's turn for his opponent, Todd Kassaw to tell you why he's the better choice! Make no mistake, they are both good men. However, they do come from different legal backgrounds. Mr. Charanza started his career in the JAG in the marines. Mr. Kassaw was a well-respected personal injury lawyer. Where they don't cla...
27 Jan 2022
Al Charanza for District Judge
A hot election is taking place in Angelina County to replace Paul White as the District Judge of the 159th District Court. The position presides over felony cases in the county including the worst of the worst - murder trials, as well as civil cases involving millions of dollars! Two men, both of upstanding moral turpitude and active contributors in the local community, are vying for the position. First we interview Al Charanza, a noted criminal defense attorney who has also...
15 Dec 2021
Kevin Dutton DA, Representing the Great Lone Star State
Kevin Dutton shares the rewards and challenges of presiding as District Attorney over two east Texas counties, San Augustine and Sabine on the shores of Lake Sam Rayburn. From a tiny office run on a meager budget to a full- blown department, he shares some of the growing pains he's experienced over the years, including the effects two years of COVID have had on crime in his communities. This candid interview occurred literally as we stepped out of the courtroom during our lunch br...
16 Jun 2021
From Darkness into Sunshine, Kayla May's story
Through childhood sexual abuse to a step-dad who suffered a broken back working offshore and then dying of brain cancer, Kayla May has lived through seemingly unsurmountable tragedies. By escaping through drugs and older men, she found herself once again the victim of domestic violence and facing felony criminal charges. Kayla May discovered her peace, sobriety and a renewed faith in her Savior, in the sweet mentoring ladies of the Christian Women's Job Core Mosaic Program, ...
18 May 2021
Introducing Sean Hightower, Texas Super Lawyer
Meet Sean Hightower. Sean was a member of the first graduating class of the brand new Texas A&M law school who came to practice law by way of a full ride debate scholarship to Stephen F. Austin State University which is where coincidentally (?) he returned to practice law with his long-time mentor, Tim James. The majority of his cases are first time DWIs with the college students. He learned passing out koozies at the tailgate parties on campus boosted his business! ...
15 Apr 2021
Crack ain't all it's cracked up to be! Chinta Spikes tells her story
An old soul who's seen it all, Chinta Spikes doesn't sugarcoat her tale of early childhood abuse from her mother, including beatings with an extension cord that made her bleed. She went on to be involved in several marriages that only led to more abuse for her and her children. A mixture of crack, alcohol and marijuana took her down a dead end path of lying, cheating and even stealing from her own children until one day, soaked in urine with a knife at her throat, she begged God t...
24 Mar 2021
Criminals - Gotta Love 'Em! with Criminal Defense Attn Jim Squyres
Every defense attorney longs for that glory moment when he's cross-examining a key witness for the State, who admits on the stand, "Yes, I lied. I made it up 'cause I'm crazy!" and your client goes free! Jim shares these moments and many more. (He calls them "Matlock experiences) Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. That's when criminal law can prove very entertaining. He also reveals those cases, dear to his heart, that keep him going, loving his profe...
12 Mar 2021
The Psychology of Addiction with Brent Tanksley
Brent Tanksley shares his own recovery journey as we explore the psychology of addiction. Brent is a well known substance abuse counselor, or as he likes to put it, a substance use disorder, counselor. He has worked with agencies such as the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of East Texas, which covers several counties. He has worked at the Cypress Residential Treatment Center in Woodville, TX, Brent opened his own men's sober house in Lufkin, TX, and is currently the Pro...
2 Mar 2021
Was Valeria guilty?
March 2020 Valeria, a 54 year old mentally ill African-American who pleads guilty to aggregated theft of over 1.3 million, is sentenced in Conroe, TX to 70 years in the Texas State Penitentiary. But was she really guilty? Due to repeated, heated arguments with her second attorney on the case, she desperately changed her plea to guilty the day before jury selection. The arguments continue as she files two grievances against him and he files two Motions to Withdraw. It's...
17 Feb 2021
Q & A Results "Ask me ANYTHING"
This Episode I answered Kristy Waters' question about how to change a statute regarding liquor laws in her town of Lufkin, TX. What authority does the Federal Govt. have over Texas liquor laws? Why are so many counties in Texas different regarding their alcohol statutes? How can a regular citizen get a law changed? I also explain the meaning of commonly confused legal terms for someone charged with their first felony; words like: "Indicted" "Arraignment" "Discovery" "Voir Dire" a...
4 Feb 2021
Erika Gordon, inmate at the county jail waiting to be transported to prison
21 years old and already lived more than enough for one lifetime. Erika was no stranger to the criminal justice system having been first detained at age 15 in 9th grade for stealing her Uncle's car and totaling it on the way to her boyfriend's house late at night. In and out of jail and rehabs, in-between Texas and Oregon from boyfriend to boyfriend, drug to drug, she managed to have a sweet baby girl of her own but couldn't hold on to her after being unsuccessfully discharged fro...
18 Jan 2021
Brad Bell, from hunted criminal to substance abuse Counselor
Brad has been counseling addicts for several years with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council of East Texas (ADAC). He works with the Angelina County Probation Dept. as well as the 159th District Drug Court program. He's got an incredible story of his own that led him to a point in his life where he was released from prison, and had a choice. He could go back to his old lifestyle or start fresh and create a life of purpose with a mission to help others. He's been a sweet ...
13 Jan 2021
Interview with Dana Williams, Defense Attn extraordinaire
Dana Williams calls it as she sees it and that ain't always pretty. She's a defense attorney in Livingston, Texas, just north of Houston. Dana describes some of the unfair practices common in the criminal justice system and why it's so important to have an attorney who will fight for you. By the way, she's also the elected Chief Tribal Judge of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe just outside of Livingston and explains a little about that role. You'll love her perspective and ...
29 Dec 2020
Interview with Bubba Norman, Drug Court Graduate
Drug Court is a program for defendants on felony probation. In Lufkin, Texas Judge Paul White started such a program sixteen years ago because he was tired of sending the same people to prison over and over just to see them reappear in his courtroom. 95% of all prison inmates who have a substance abuse problem will be right back in within two years of release UNLESS they do something to overcome that addiction. Edward, Bubba, Norman is one of those people who was tired after...
22 Dec 2020
Interview with Ryan Deaton, Attn. at Law
Ryan shares his personal stories of how he became a lawyer, what it's like practicing criminal and family law in East Texas and the surprising details of several of his most interesting cases: how he exonerated a young man from a theft charge when all the evidence pointed at him, and what happened in three of his famous capital murder jury trials. Check out his candid up-front look at practicing law. Trailer music provided by Texas singing & song writing award winner, St...
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