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Florida readers may be aware that police departments across the state of the Florida ramped up monitoring last month up until Labor Day. The campaign, called “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” was like the many others just like it—increased officer...
One of the themes we like to stress on this blog is that the propriety of police investigation is an important issue when it comes to building a strong criminal defense case. Most people don’t need much convincing to understand the police are capable of...
An unarmed 18-year-old named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer named Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014. This fatal incident was witnessed by several individuals, yet there is still conflicting accounts of what really occurred...
Readers may have heard before of the U.S. Sentencing Commission or the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The latter are rules which detail a uniform sentencing policy for federal judges to use in criminal cases. The rules are not binding on judges, but often determine...
Earlier this year the US Sentencing Commission reduced guideline ranges for nonviolent drug crimes. This past Thursday, the federal panel unanimously approved its latest set of priorities: white-collar crime sentences. The panel revealed that it is considering changes...
After an individual has been convicted of a crime and sentenced to incarceration, there are several legal avenues that they can explore to attack that conviction. However, if an individual does not act quickly they may miss out on these opportunities because several...
The issue of illegal drug use among professional athletes has come into greater media attention recently with the arrest of nine individuals suspected of participating in what is said to be the largest scandal of its kind in the history of baseball. Among the...
Florida readers may have heard the buzz in the news lately about FedEx Corp., which was recently charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and drug trafficking in connection with deliveries to online pharmacies for their customers. FedEx, it is...
Last month, we wrote a post regarding a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling which expanded privacy protections to criminal suspects with respect to their cell phones. The ruling, as we pointed out, requires police to obtain a search warrant before searching the contents...
The topic of legalization of marijuana for medical, and even recreational, purposes has been an increasingly important one in recent years as more and more states take sides on the issues. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, there are currently...
