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Life In A Bathroom: Experience Solitary Confinement A prisoner, we’ll call him Brandon, is locked up in Uinta 1. A Supermax in Utah, he is in solitary confinement, a space about the size of a typical American bathroom, a detail he uses.

On Monday, Detroit Attorney Tim Attalla had charges that he helped the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club carry out a drug business thrown out by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan following a bench trial, as reported by an article.

As reported in the Washington Post, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards announced yesterday in court that he would hire the same attorneys who represented his mistress, Rielle Hunter, in a lawsuit over a sex tape featuring Edwards and Hunter, to.

The trial of former North Carolina Senator, Vice President nominee and candidate for President Johnny Reid (“John”) Edwards for alleged mishandling of campaign funds is underway in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Opening statements in the.

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan granted a judgment of acquittal in favor of seven members of the Hutaree militia, dismissing all charges against the defendants following the conclusion of the government’s case against them at.

Many of us have had that sinking feeling while carefully driving along, following all the rules of the road and being courteous behind the wheel. All of a sudden, from out of nowhere, comes a car with those flashing red lights right.

As the final hours of 2009 were running out on New Years' Eve, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued the Chief Justice's Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, available here, a tradition begun by Chief Justice Warren Burger in 1970.

The defendant in U.S. v. Farinella, NO. 08-1839, 08-1860, 2009 WL 615408 (7th Cir., Mar. 12, 2009) purchased 1.6 million bottles of “Henri’s Salad Dressing” in 2003, id. At *1. The label on each bottle of dressing stated that the dressing was.

After promises not to investigate, the federal government is still raiding Nevada homes and charging people with marijuana crimes. Here is what you need to know so you don’t leave your rights and freedom to chance.   Marijuana legalization is in the.

A new Nevada court sends a reminder that judges have most of the power in criminal cases. How can you fight back? If you watch popular television shows and movies, you might believe that a jury of your peers decides your guilt.