Criminal Law

Compensation fund set up for victims of police torture & abuse
May 6, 2015

We have previously written about the problem of wrongful conviction in America (which usually results in decades of wrongful incarceration). It would be comforting to believe that wrongful convictions are the product of simple human error made by police and prosecutors who had nothing but good intentions. Unfortunately, that is rarely ever the reality.

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Federal prosecutors aggressively seek drug convictions
Jan 30, 2015

Though the laws regarding drugs are becoming more relaxed, specifically in regard to marijuana, in many states, at the federal level the War on Drugs rages on. Someone charged in federal court with drug trafficking or manufacturing may face a long time behind bars if he or she is convicted or pleads guilty.

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