Perry A. Craft has dedicated his life to helping people in need. He has tried, settled, or resolved numerous civil and criminal cases in State and Federal courts, and has represented teachers and administrators before school boards, administrative judges, and the state Board of Education. Learn more about Attorney Craft.
Posts by Perry Craft
Why Inmates Are Worried about the Electric Chair for Different Reasons than You Think
There has been much news coverage of a case before the Tennessee Supreme Court involving 34 inmates challenging Tennessee’s death penalty proceedings. The Court though is not hearing a case about whether or not the death penalty is legal or fair or just; rather, the Court will decide if death row inmates have the right…
Read MoreImmigration and Donald Trump
Immigrants – both those authorized and those unauthorized to come to America – are living in America. While crime has been plaguing America – and the rest of the world – for years, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been bellowing that there is a connection between crime and immigration and telling his supporters that…
Read MoreSummer Heat: Cruel and Unusual Punishment for Louisiana Death Row Inmates
The United States Constitution gives rights to U.S. citizens and residents. For example, the Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to bear arms, the Fourth Amendment provides protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, and the Eighth Amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Even prisoners on death row are afforded the Constitutional protection against cruel and…
Read MoreConfederate Symbols: Good or Bad?
The Confederate flag, the stars and bars, and other Confederate symbols, stir up controversy. For many Americans, the Confederate flag symbolizes slavery, racism, oppression, hatred, and treason. For others, particularly those in the South, the Confederate flag is associated with regional pride and conjures a romanticized view of the “Lost Cause” when the South defied…
Read MoreFacing Removal from the United States
The removal process, or deportation is when the U.S. government sends a person back to his or her native country. Too often, an immigrant faces removal after being convicted of a crime, like stealing a car. Regardless of the reason why you face removal charges, it is important to know that the U.S. government can’t…
Read MoreDiscrimination against American Muslims
Long ago, many of our forebears made the long, dangerous journey to America from faraway lands to practice their religion without fear and to escape persecution. Those experiences helped form a core American value enshrined in the Constitution: freedom of religion. Freedom of religion means that the government cannot establish a particular religion as the…
Read MoreRoad Rage
Road rage, a driver’s unbridled anger often provoked by another driver’s driving style, is becoming a major problem on U.S. interstates, highways, and roads. Most road rage instances are unnerving and unsettling but do not cause injury; however, some road rage instances cause major damage, injury, or death. In Michigan, 69-year-old Martin Zale was charged…
Read MoreThree-year-old Child Beaten to Death by Father
Learning how to properly use a toilet is an important milestone in a child’s development. Most parents are patient with their children during this process, but some become so frustrated that they resort to abusing their children. In Houston, Texas, a 24-year-old father beat his three-year-old son and accidentally killed him because he was increasingly…
Read MoreHelp for Bonnaroo Travelers Facing Charges After an Interdiction Stop
When law enforcement officials believe a person is smuggling weapons, illegal drugs and/or other kinds of contraband in the car, those officers have the right to conduct an interdiction stop. This stop allows officers to pull over a “suspicious” looking car; then, the officer will likely look for anything out-of-place within the car, such as…
Read MoreTennessee Drug Laws
In spite of the fact that using, possessing, or selling illegal drugs is a criminal offense in Tennessee that carries stiff penalties and results in other negative consequences, many people still use them. Whether you believe the laws interfere with private choices and individual liberty, are unfair, not needed, outdated, or unjust, or should be…
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