Criminal Law

A government waste attack on over-incarceration
I am pleased to see this local editorial emphasizing government waste when assailing excessive incarceration of non-violent drug offenders. Here are excerpts from the editorial: Stop government waste...

Americans Oppose Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Will Vote for Candidates Who allow juries to impose sentences
FAMM Poll:   Sept. 24, 2008 WASHINGTON,, Sept 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — A new poll released today by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) shows widespread support for ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenses and that Americans will vote for candidates who feel the same way...

Why Law Enforcement Supports Mandatory Minimums
Annonymous commenter on Doug Berman’s post “The safety valve solution to mandatory minimums”:Isn’t part, and an important part, of the real story behind the motivation of law enforcement figures who so obdurately support mandatory minimums is that it increases their ability to coerce plea bargains? Seemingly absent from the discussion is the fact that law enforcement supports and indeed requests massively below guideline sentences for its pleader-cooperators...

Judge Cassell Upholds Constitutionality of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences in US v. Angelos
I am posting this without even getting to read the entire decision by Judge Paul G. Cassell in United States v. Angelos, No. 02-CR-00708-PGC (D.Utah Nov. 16, 2004), addressing the constitutionality of mandatory minimum sentences under federal law...

Toronto Star Feature Series on Crime and Punishment
The Toronto Star has been taking an in-depth look at recent moves by the federal government to “get tough” on crime by increasing sentences for major offenders and by boosting the number of crimes for which mandatory minimum sentences will be imposed...

NEW POLL: Americans Oppose Mandatory Minimums,Will Vote for Candidates Who Feel the Same
NEW POLL: Americans Oppose Mandatory Minimums,Will Vote for Candidates Who Feel the Same August 25, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A new poll released today by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) shows widespread support for ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent...

The Paulson Toxic Mortgage Debt Security Act: The Biggest Government Bailout of All Time
Legislative Proprosal for Treasury Authority to Purchase Mortgage-related Assets

Real Estate Brokers
Questions home sellers should ask potential brokers

Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay

Chocolate Discharge
G.K.I. Foods agrees to $43,000 settlement after disposing production waste water into a sanitary waste water system.

Gulf War Syndrome
Panel Confirms it's Real, and Identifies Causes

Qui Tam Whistleblower - Government Fraud - Qui Tam Lawsuit
Qui Tam Whistleblower alleging fraud against the government reported by an individual acting as a government whistleblower.

Onyx Waste Services
$650,000 payout in wrongful death lawsuit.

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop

Federal Government
alleging discrimination against black farmers