Has Prison Lost Its Sting?

One of the hardest duties of being a white collar defense lawyer is telling people that there is a chance (sometimes a certainty) that they will be going to prison. For the most part these are people who have never seen the.

What are the consequences of committing a federal white collar crime? For years, casual conversation included references to a “slap on the wrist” and short stints in “country club” prisons, where federal inmates reportedly enjoyed leisurely activities, including golf and tennis. Not.

Charles Whitman and America's First Mass Shooting Anyone who was born before 1955 can remember America's first mass shooting. If not, criminal justice attorney Nick Wooldridge reminds. The shooting shook the nation's conscience. It prompted Congress to act quickly. Within months of.

We have discussed the case of U.S. v. Jones, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held in February that the attaching of a global positioning satellite (GPS) device constituted a search. Well, the government is attempting to re-try the defendant, Antoine Jones..

Australia Attack Leads to Discussion on "Lone Wolf" Terrorists When Australian police rolled into a Sydney cafe in 2014, Australia was in the middle of the worst terrorist attack it had seen since 1978 when a bombing at the Hilton Hotel in.

The practice of allowing jurors to ask witnesses questions during trial is becoming more common, with at least three states – Arizona, Colorado, and Indiana – requiring it. One of the reasons allowing jurors to ask questions worked so well during the.

You think you want to be a lawyer, huh?  You don't.  Trust me.  I say that as someone that not only is a lawyer, but someone who hates lawyers.  Do something else. Let me guess.  You want to be a lawyer because.

Ferguson, Missouri Will Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Tensions still run high in Ferguson, Missouri when Michael Brown's name is mentioned. Take a seat at Huddle House out on Highway 32, and the conversation is about last night's Falcon's  game.

Nevada's Background Check Law for Handgun Purchases Being Reviewed The efficiency of background checks is still up for debate over three decades after the assassination attempt that gave birth to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) of 1993. In March.

Garrity Rule: Kind Of Like A Fifth Amendment For The Cops Synopsis: While civilians have constitutionally provided protections against self-incrimination, what does the police have? The Garrity Ruling provides rights for law enforcement, and it grew out of a traffic ticket case..