For centuries, confessions have been considered a reliable form of proof against the accused -- who would confess to a crime they did not commit? But DNA — January 15, 2014
Read MorePeople convicted of non-violent federal drug crimes face staggering penalties in the form of "bone-crushing" mandatory minimums and draconian federal — January 10, 2014
Read MoreRyan Ferguson was released yesterday after spending ten years in a Missouri prison based on false testimony by two witnesses. No physical evidence tied — November 13, 2013
Read MorePlease check out the Free Tony Yarbough page which has been updated with new information about the case, the DNA results, the related murder of Migdalia — October 3, 2013
Read MoreDoes the federal mail fraud statute criminalize cheating on a state driving test, where the "mailing" is incidental to the cheating and a state law — September 30, 2013
Read MoreShooting back at the Second Circuit, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York writes passionately and eloquently that enforcing the — September 27, 2013
Read MoreTony Yarbough is waiting to be freed. DNA evidence revealed in Brooklyn Supreme Court last week shows that an unknown third person murdered Antonio — September 24, 2013
Read MoreAfter being arrested with a negligible amount of marijuana, police suspected fidgety Felix Booker was hiding something more. Police transported Booker to — September 13, 2013
Read MoreAttorney General Eric Holder has issued a new memorandum to all federal prosecutors regarding mandatory minimum sentences in narcotics cases. Mandatory — August 13, 2013
Read MoreWe advocate for just sentences for our clients convicted of crimes. One way sentences can be unfair in the federal system is that they can be based on — July 24, 2013
Read MoreIn a letter responding to the U.S. Sentencing Commission's call for comments on its priorities for the upcoming year, Mark Allenbaugh, the chair of the — July 19, 2013
Read MoreBack when the federal Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory, there was broad agreement that an increase in a guideline after the completion of a crime — June 10, 2013
Read MoreThe immigration service has confirmed that former client Idriss Abdelrahman is on his way to Mali after three-and-a-half years in American prisons. Mr. — June 5, 2013
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has ruled that Maryland's policy of swabbing arrestees for DNA is a search, but a reasonable, constitutional search, even without — June 3, 2013
Read MoreUnder New York's Sex Offender Registration Act, a judge determines risk. That's a good thing, because it ensures that the defendant (i.e. convicted sex — May 13, 2013
Read MorePretty much every defendant arrested by the feds -- the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Homeland Security or the FBI -- is subjected to — April 22, 2013
Read MoreAttorneys Adam Perlmutter and Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma have filed a complaint in Federal court in Albany alleging a pervasive pattern of sexual abuse by a — April 16, 2013
Read MoreThere was a fascinating report in the New York Times today about delays in the state courts in the Bronx, and a particular lawyer who -- according to the — April 15, 2013
Read MoreAccording to the New York Times, a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills has given rise to a counterclaim for massive overbilling by one of the world's largest — March 26, 2013
Read MoreAccording to online news outlet Main Justice, the Southern District's Judge Jed Rakoff came out with a "modest proposal" to scrap the U.S. Sentencing — March 12, 2013
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