Perhaps the country’s founding fathers did not mean to create a constitution that can be as polarizing as it is and yet, that is the case for a few of the amendments. One that always seems to get feathers riled up on either side of the aisle is the second…
One of the most frightening things to go through is being convicted of a federal crime, but even scarier is not picking the right post-conviction attorney to help you navigate through your case and fight for the best outcome. When Googling post-conviction attorneys, you will get more than 58 million…
There are countless benefits to immigrants who marry a U.S. citizen. For that reason, it is no surprise that many seek to marry a citizen for the sole purpose of obtaining them. However, due to the potential for abuse of these special benefits, authorities apply a high level of scrutiny…
There are different definitions and punishments for assault and aggravated assault. Both of these crimes involve intentional harm inflicted on one person by another. Even when a fight is mutually agreed on, it may still lead to an assault charge. What is assault? Assault is when someone intentionally makes…
Finding yourself in the back of a cop car being charged with serious criminal charges might be the scariest thing that can happen to you, but even scarier is not knowing who will represent you in court. Of course, there will be a million things running through your head whether…
Grand juries are embedded into our constitution. Their purpose is to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that a federal felony was committed. A grand jury consists of 16-23 citizens from the community. If 12 of those jurors find there is probable cause, it is signed by the…
From the moment you awake in the morning to the second you lay your head down to go to bed, there will have been 550,000 shoplifting incidents in the U.S. Although most think of shoplifting as one of the more “harmless” crimes, it is considered “retail theft” in the state…
By Brian Bandell – Senior Reporter, South Florida Business Journal December 23, 2020 Philip Esformes will be released from federal prison after President Donald Trump commuted his 20-year sentence for Medicare fraud. The $1 billion fraud a federal jury convicted the 52-year-old Miami resident of committing through bribery, money laundering,…
If you’ve watched enough law movies and drama shows, chances are you have at some point seen a character plead insanity as a defense. According to a PBS article, less than 1 percent of county court cases involve the insanity defense, and that of those, only around one in four…
The 2020 elections brought along with it a lot of blue, a lot of red, and a little bit of green. Many cannabis policy reform bills were introduced throughout the country and resulted in four states legalizing marijuana. According to an article by Forbes, an estimated 40,000 people today are…