Criminal Law

"Mr. Mukasey's False Fear: The attorney general wrongly opposes adjustments of sentences for crack cocaine offenses."
"Mr. Mukasey's False Fear: The attorney general wrongly opposes adjustments of sentences for crack cocaine offenses." This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

After U.S. Sentencing Commission Ruling, 91 Crack Cocaine Inmates in Massachusetts Could Reduce Their Prison Sentences
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Sentencing Commission wants to retroactively reduce the prison sentences of approximately 19,500 federal inmates convicted of crack cocaine charges...

House Considers Bills To Equalize Federal Crack And Powder Cocaine Sentencing
WASHINGTON ? The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing today on eliminating the unjust and discriminatory 100-to-1 disparity between crack and powder cocaine sentences under federal law...

DOJ urges end to cocaine sentencing disparity
[JURIST] Officials from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that Congress should eliminate the sentencing disparities between crimes committed involving crack and powder cocaine...

Some U.S. Attorneys Back Reduced Crack Sentences
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 8, 2008. "Attorney General Michael Mukasey has voiced opposition to the early release of hundreds of federal inmates convicted of dealing crack cocaine, but some U...

"Q and A: Baylor professor happy to win Supreme Court case on crack cocaine sentences."
"Q and A: Baylor professor happy to win Supreme Court case on crack cocaine sentences." This article appears today in The Waco Tribune-Herald.

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

How to Select a Divorce Attorney
Select a counselor carefully

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General

Ticketmaster Entertainment
Settles with New Jersey Attorney General

Inflated Drug Prices
Dey LP pays $198,000 settlement to Montana Attorney General.

Hurricane Claims
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. reaches settlement deal with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood.

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.