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Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law | Sex Crimes
The U.S. Congress has used mandatory minimum sentences since it first enacted federal penal crimes. The 1790 Crimes Act created 23 federal crimes, seven of which carried a mandatory death sentence. Three of those crimes—treason, murder and piracy—still carry the…
Online dating is now a $2 billion industry. More than 49 million in the U.S. have tried online dating, each customer spending nearly $250 a year for the service.
But there are pitfalls and perils in what Berrien County,…
Category: Illegal Pornography
Juries don’t always get it right, especially in extremely prejudicial cases involving allegations of sex crimes involving children. But, sometimes, just sometimes, an appeals court is forced, “after reviewing all the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution,”…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
There are significant misconceptions about federal crimes. Many people assume that federal crimes are only “white collar” or “national security” type offenses. Nothing could be further from the truth. Approximately 55% of all federal prisoners, more than 30,000 of them,…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
In 2010, LauroPuentes-Hurtado was indicted for a litany of narcotics and money laundering conspiracy charges in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia. He ultimately entered into a plea agreement with the Government.
He faced an advisory U.S.…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft should never be considered just an innocent prank. It is a serious federal crime punishable by up to 5 years in federal prison.
According to the FBI, between 2004 and 2013, there…
Category: Criminal Law
We have posted in the past, and quite recently, about the complexity courts face when trying to apply the Confrontation Clause in criminal cases.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1974 in Davis v. Alaska held that the Sixth Amendment’s…
Category: Uncategorized
Virtually all substance abuse programs involve participation in group counseling, usually led by a staff member. Participants are encouraged to accept responsibility and accountability for past misdeeds. The premise of this form of therapy is that to create and maintain…
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