The Justice Department sent a three-page memo to selected U.S. attorneys outlining its policy for marijuana arrests. The newly clarified policy states that the department plans to refocus its target…
The Justice Department sent a three-page memo to selected U.S. attorneys outlining its policy for marijuana arrests. The newly clarified policy states that the department plans to refocus its target…
By: Vince Imhoff, Attorney at Law and Ariella Rosenberg
It is common knowledge that defendants in the United States have the right to a trial by jury, as is clearly stated…
On April 29 th 2009, Assistant U.S. Attorney General, Lanny Breur announced that the DOJ and its administration support ending the 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine thus…
On April 21 st, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court held that police may search the passenger compartment of a car only when the occupant is arrested and it is reasonable…
A North Carolina mother and her boyfriend are facing charges of child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon after the couple made a routine of shooting her three children with…
Following his arrest last November for two counts of felony gun possession, New York Giants wide-receiver Plaxico Burress‘ home was searched by law enforcement last week where they seized weapons…
Donna Prentice, 61, has recently been released from the Orange County Jail after her second mistrial caused the presiding judge to dismiss her case. Prentice, who has spent four years in…
Last week Bernard Madoff, former NASDAQ chairman, was arrested and charged with carrying out what may be the largest case of financial fraud in history.
For decades, Madoff maintained a…
Kevin Schuh, 17, has just been charged with aggravated drunk driving resulting in death, reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident after running over and killing Monika Skrzypkowski, 15.
Two women and one man in Tracy, California face criminal charges for allegedly kidnapping and keeping a 17-year old young man chained within their home.
The young man, only identified as “Kyle,”…
Owners of the Saigon Grill restaurants in Manhattan, New York have just been charged with over 400 counts of criminal acts, including fraud, minimum wage violations and witness tampering. Simon and Michelle…
Four men from Ellicott City, Maryland have been charged with five felonies for their alleged roles in a recent robbery of a Pizza Hut in Clarksville, Maryland.
Hugo Perez, 30, Pablo Ramos, 30,…
On Nov. 24, President George W. Bush issued pardons for 14 convicted felons and sentenced commutations for two other individuals. None of the more famous applicants were among this group, but…
Christian Haughwout, a 14-year old freshman student, was charged with illegal possession of a weapon and a series of other crimes after converting a throwaway camera into a taser-like weapon and…
Federal prosecutors have begun presenting their side of a computer crime case against Lori Drew, a 49-year old woman accused of setting up a fake MySpace account to taunt one of…
Carley Torres, a 35-year old resident of Medford, Oregon, faces up to 90 days in jail after being convicted of theft charges. According to prosecutors, Torres had her children solicit…
An officer of the Los Angeles Police Department has recently been indicted on one misdemeanor charge, as well as three felony counts, for a series of sexual offenses he allegedly committed last…
Two white supremacists have just been arraigned and officially charged with plotting to murder newly elected President Barack Obama and multiple other African Americans.
Daniel Cowart, a 20-year old from Tennessee, and Paul…
Today, the Supreme Court will start hearing a case that debates whether a convicted rapist has the constitutional right to perform DNA testing on genetic material gathered at a crime scene…