The U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering revising the fairness of economic crime penalties while working with Congress to reduce the severity of minimum mandatory penalties. While defense attorneys are recommending reduced sentences for white collar crimes, some judges are critical of the sentencing guidelines believing they are too low for certain economic crimes. Right now, […]
READ MOREDeath Penalty Splits Senate
Two state senators from southeast Iowa are hoping a death penalty amendment won’t stop lawmakers from passing a tougher sex offender bill this year. State Sens. Tom Courtney, D–Burlington, and Gene Fraise, D–Fort Madison, are hoping lawmakers will vote on the sex offender bill without getting caught up in politics over getting the death penalty […]
READ MOREJax Home Invasion Robbers Sought
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible for a pair of home invasion robberies that have occurred in two areas of the Westside. Police said they are working to identify a man who they said used the victims’ credit cards at local businesses. The man […]
READ MOREMichigan Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Cooley Law School
A federal district court recently dismissed a class action lawsuit brought by the graduates of Cooley Law School. The graduates had accused the school of misrepresenting statistics for graduate job placement. The graduates claim that their decision to select Cooley Law School was based on misinformation. However, the judge did not agree with these contentions on […]
READ MOREFriends ID victim shot backstage after Wiz Khalifa concert in Mountain View
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A 38-year-old man has died Saturday morning as a result of injuries suffered during a shooting after a Wiz Khalifa concert at Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre on Friday night, police spokeswoman said. The Coroner’s Office has yet to name the victim but friends have identified him as 38-year-old Eric Johnson of […]
READ MOREPredictive Data and Judge’s Sentencing Patterns
Attorney General Holder spoke to the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys in a meeting in Philadelphia on Friday August 1 regarding his opinions on judges sentencing low level non-violent offenders based upon risk assessments. Holder believes that judges should not base sentencing guidelines for offenders on risk assessments of whether someone’s educational or socioeconomic […]
READ MOREForney woman, children accidentally pulled over at gunpoint by police
It’s late one evening in Anytown, USA. Two couples are walking home from a double date that took them to dinner and a movie. One couple is white, the other black. Ahead they see a police car slowly approaching. The visceral reaction of the couples is different. The white couple breathes a sigh of relief. […]
READ MOREQueen’s Mother Allegedly Suffocates Her 11 Month Old Child
A Queens mother, Nicole “Nikki” Kelley is accused of suffocating her 11 month old son and was arrested on July 8, 2014 after she posted pictures on her Facebook, admitting that she failed to keep the child “safe.” According to police, Kelley confessed to the crime of killing her son by placing a sheet over […]
READ MORERules of War Ban Tear Gas While America Uses It on Own Citizens
Tear gas was banned by the Geneva Convention from use in international warfare. America may not have gotten the memo. Several journalists in Ferguson Missouri have reported its use in November 2014 in the midst of the protests following a grand jury’s failure to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of […]
READ MOREPark Avenue Dermatologist to Stars Arrested for Forging Prescriptions for Own Drug Habit –Criminal
Forging prescriptions in New York is a serious crime. Anyone caught doing so could face jail time, penalties and loss of a professional license if you are a licensed physician, pharmacist or other health care professional. A celebrity Park Avenue dermatologist was recently arrested for forging prescriptions to obtain pills for her drug habit. According […]
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