Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law

Jun 14 2018

Complex Hawaii Case Raises Questions about Federal Criminal Procedure

A former Honolulu police chief has been charged with a litany of offenses, including bank fraud, identity theft, obstruction of justice, and a conspiracy…

Jun 10 2018

Federal Forfeiture is a Growing Criminal Enterprise

Under the federal civil asset forfeiture law, the U.S. Government can seize a person’s home, car, money, or property if law enforcement suspects any…

May 29 2018

Unauthorized Drivers May have Expectation of Privacy in Rental Vehicles

On September 17, 2014, Terrence Byrd and a companion, Latasha Reed, went to a Budget car rental affiliate in Wayne, New Jersey. Ms. Reed…

Apr 17 2018

Understanding Bitcoin Money Laundering Charges

The term “money laundering” was first used at the turn of the 20th Century. It was a label used against organizations who took income…

Apr 03 2018

Alan Dershowitz Peddling Strange Theory in Support of Trump

Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School. That Dershowitz is a brilliant legal scholar is not…

Mar 29 2018

Border Patrol Gets Away with Murder in “Constitution-Free” Zone

It started out as a kids’ game sometime after 2003: Mexican kids, some of whom were teenagers, are known to gather at concrete culverts…

Mar 28 2018

The Blight of GTMO on The American Psyche

It has been said that a civilized society can be measured by its criminal justice system, especially how it treats the worst of its…

Mar 23 2018

Violent Crimes Will Get Federal Jail Time, Says U.S. Attorney – True?

Although many serious violent crimes can be charged as federal offenses, such crimes are generally charged and prosecuted at the state level. However, this…

Mar 16 2018

U.S. Immigration Enforcement: The New Fugitive Slave Act?

Of all the troubling promises President Trump made during the 2016 presidential campaign, the promise to round up and deport undocumented immigrants is the…