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Finding The Best Possible Federal Criminal Lawyer

08th June 2010
Many people think that they will never need a federal criminal lawyer because they do not break any laws and do not ever foresee themselves changing that habit. The thing is though, there are sometimes people who end up being charged with crimes that they...
Author: Greg Yaitanes
Criminal Law

Felony - What is a felony charge? Legal Info You Should Know

26th March 2010
A felony charge is the most serious type of criminal charge made in the United States. As a general rule, any charge that carries a possible punishment of more than one year in jail or capital punishment is a felony. Historically, the term "felony" comes ...
Author: Penelope Stone
Criminal Law

What Is the Difference between a Felony and a Misdemeanor

25th March 2010
Felonies are the most serious crimes a person can commit. For example, killing someone else is a felony. A person who has been convicted of a felony and sentenced to prison will spend more than a year in jail. For some crimes, such as murder, the person m...
Author: Penelope Stone
Legal

Are white collar crime & blue collar crime treated equally? - By David Jenson

11th May 2009
Hillary Transue was a good student with a clean record, so she never imagined she'd hear a judge sentence her to three months in juvenile detention. What heinous act did this young Bonnie Parker do to invoke the court's wrath? The 15-year-old merely spoof...
Author: laurajones
Legal

Federal Prison Inmate Locator: How To Find Someone In Prison for free

28th December 2008
How can I find out if someone is in jail or in federal prison? When I went looking for someone recently who I thought was in federal prison I was sure that I would have a near impossible task on my hands but I was wrong. It might have been difficult a ...
Author: Steve Gee
Legal

Federal Prison Consultant Explains Why Federal Prison Population Has Increased

29th September 2008
Two primary reasons are behind this phenomenon. Both reasons suggest that this phenomenon arises out of legislation from 20 years ago that created the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and abolished parole. First, prison sentences are longer so inmates ar...
Author: Geoff Mousseau
Legal

Federal Prison Consultant Predicts Many Indictments From Financial Crisis

29th September 2008
A Federal Prison Consultant who advises white collar defendants on how to prepare for their prison terms predicts that many people in the financial sector will be indicted. Geoff Mousseau, owner of White Collar Sentencing Consultants, Inc. in Los Ange...
Author: Geoff Mousseau
Legal

Federal Prison Consultant Discusses the Second Chance Act

29th September 2008
Recently a law was enacted to help offenders make a transition from Federal Prison to the regular honest working world. This law has become known as the Second Chance Act. This law was eagerly awaited by inmates and their families. It was also the subject...
Author: Geoff Mousseau
Legal

Personal Items in a Federal Prison Camp

31st July 2007
The bureau of prison has a list of items they allow and it applies to all federal prison camps. Your ID is a must. The best thing to do in my opinion is to call the institution which you have been assigned and ask for a list of item permitted and also tho...
Author: James Kronefield