Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, nicknamed “Buddy” as a kid growing up in Hybart, Alabama, got his law degree from the University of Alabama in 1973. He practiced law in the mid-1970s before being appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District…
Author: John Floyd
2018
Category: Criminal Law | SCOTUS
Who controls the defense strategy in a criminal trial: the attorney or the defendant?
That is a question the U.S. Supreme Court will answer in its current term.
Normally, a defense attorney, once he or she accepts a…
2018
Category: Police Misconduct
When two or more police officers are involved in a confrontational situation and someone is recording the confrontation with a cell phone, there will be inevitable anger, shouts, and weapons drawn.
That’s exactly what happened in the early morning…
2018
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Prosecutorial Misconduct
There are two safeguards against prosecutorial misconduct during a criminal trial: a good defense attorney and an impartial trial judge.
Both failed Frederick Michael Baer during his capital murder trial for the brutal murder of a 24-year-old mother and…
2018
Category: Capital Crimes | Criminal Justice Reform
The n-word has a long, sordid history in this country. The African-American Registry says that, “Nigger is one of the most notorious words in American culture.”
The precise origins of the word in American culture is uncertain, but history…
2018
Category: Drug Trafficking | federal Sentencing
Sentencing in federal drug cases can sometimes pose difficult challenges for the judges imposing sentence. This was illustrated in a December 12, 2017 decision, United States v. Collins, by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
There was nothing especially…
2018
Between 1983 and 2017, at least 39 computer hackers were tried and convicted across the globe for computer invasion related crimes—nineteen of whom were convicted in United States courtrooms.
Many of the U.S. hackers see themselves as crusaders for…
2018
Donald J. Trump is the “lyingiest” president in the history of the United States—and he earned that distinction in less than eleven months in office. According to the Washington Post, President Trump told at least 1,698 lies or misleading claims…
2018
Category: H.R. 1865 | Sex Crimes
A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, if passed, would create criminal and civil penalties for those who place online sex ads. This post will explain more about the current laws and how a passage of the new…
2018
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law | Fraud | Immigration Crimes | Sex Crimes | Uncategorized
Many different types of crimes fall under federal laws, a vast majority of which tend to fall into just a few categories.
How so? Take a look at the numbers.
In 2016, nearly 68,000 federal cases resulted in…