In response to the legalization of medical and recreational use of marijuana at the state level, the Obama administration through its Justice Department announced it would not pursue the enforcement of federal marijuana laws over the legalization of the drug…
Category: Drug Crime
2017
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is President Trump’s next choice to be this nation U.S. Attorney General. As a former attorney general for the State of Alabama and a federal judge nominee, Republican lawmakers and other Sessions supporters believe he is…
2016
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
The National Hockey League realized last year that it has a growing problem with increased drug use by its players. The league met with the NHL Players Association to add cocaine and similar drugs to its banned substance list. NHL…
2016
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Is executive clemency an effective way to deal with harsh sentencing in non-violent drug cases?
The Obama administration thinks so.
In 1994, the U.S. Justice Department expanded the criteria for clemency to reflect the Obama administration’s desire allow…
2016
Category: Drug Crime
Federal drug sentencing is simultaneously difficult and unfair. Roughly half of the federal prison population today are drug offenders—most serving mandatory minimum sentences.
Why so many offenders in one crime category?
The answer: the 1982 political declaration of…
2016
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
In March of 2015, Neftali Avarez-Nunez (“Nunez”) was arrested in Catano, Puerto Rico. The arrest came after the police observed Nunez discarding a weapon outside a bar. The police retrieved and examined the handgun. It was loaded, fitted with an…
2016
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
Sentencing is a vital component of the federal criminal trial process. It demands fairness, impartiality, and justification by the judge imposing the sentence following a determination of guilt.
84 Month Guideline Sentence
Billy J. Robinson, Jr. was a…
2016
If you find yourself faced with a federal drug offense, you will have a difficult choice to make: stand trial or plead guilty.
The Government will make a plea proffer. Your attorney must listen and report that proffer to…
2016
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
The DEA said the capture of Joaquin “ El Chapo” Guzman-Loera was a victory for the rule of law as well as a victory for the Mexican people and government.
Transnational organized crime, violence, and drug trafficking have become…
2016
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
The state of New Hampshire is facing a drug epidemic crisis. No doubt about that. The epidemic is literally eating away at the social fabric of the Granite State. This past February NBC News reported that there were “roughly 400…