Straw Buyer Recruiter Convicted of Mortgage Fraud
Quelyory A. Rigal, a/k/a Kelly, Homestead, Florida, was convicted after a jury trial before U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Sentencing is scheduled for July 18, 2013 at...
View ArticleSixth Circuit Reduces Sentence of Detroit Arsonist, Limited by Plea Agreement
In 2010, Sam Wright and an accomplice, Calvin Jones, set fire to a commercial building on the east side of Detroit. The fire paralyzed one firefighter and injured six others who responded to the scene....
View ArticleTexas Execution
Texas carried out its fourth execution of 2013, last night in Huntsville. It was the 496th post-Furman Texas execution since 1982, and the 257th execution conducted under the administration of Governor...
View ArticleIf I was not read my rights before or after I was arrested can that drop the...
Free legal answers from attorneys - There was a fight on my property with a lady who is aware that she is not allowed at the residence. I was defending mys
View ArticleA Message from Attorney General Holder on Yesterday’s Reentry Council Meeting
The following post appears courtesy of Attorney General Eric Holder. Yesterday, I had the privilege of presiding over the fourth meeting of the Federal Interagency Reentry Council, a government-wide...
View ArticleMan faces charges, accused of Colorado metal theft
Houses that are being built are often left unsecure. Many people would assume that there is nothing valuable in the homes because they aren't even finished and no one lives in them. Because of...
View Article5-Second Probation
We were pleased to make the Southern District of Florida Blogspot today. Check out other news articles about the Mary Estelle Curran case here.
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Ross Ramsey on waning prosecutorial power
A lot of folks have asked me why (most) prosecutors have acquiesced to a one-sided, open-file discovery bill after insisting for most of the last decade that they would only do so if the defense bar...
View ArticleRuined My Life
I was at my business on a break sitting outside.When my sister who is not mentally stable attacked me.I was dumb founded she grabbed me around the neck and we went spiraling down the handicap ramp.She...
View ArticleOperation Wax House Charges 9 More with Mortgage Fraud
A federal superseding indictment charged nine additional defendants with racketeering, investment fraud, mortgage fraud, bank bribery and money laundering. This latest round of criminal charges...
View ArticleCan You Get Probation On Child Pornography And Pandering Charges?
Every month we see stories in the news about a government sting, or bust, where several individuals were arrested as part of a child pornography “ring”. Often we receive, understandably, frantic phone...
View ArticleCan You Get Probation On Child Pornography And Pandering Charges?
Every month we see stories in the news about a government sting, or bust, where several individuals were arrested as part of a child pornography “ring”. Often we receive, understandably, frantic phone...
View ArticleMaryland Governor to Sign Repeal Bill into Law on May 2
Today's Annapolis Capital Gazette reports, "O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal next week," by Alex Jackson. Maryland will become the 18th state to outlaw the death penalty next week when Gov. Martin...
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Alabama DUI Law Pushed By MADD Advocates
Alabama lawmakers have a pair of bills before them - one in the state House and another in the Senate - that anti-drunk driving advocates are pushing to have passed. Our Birmingham DUI defense lawyers...
View ArticleAlbany Times Union Editorial Honors David Kaczynski
Today's Albany Times Union publishes the editorial,"To Mr. Kaczynski, in awe." He's recently retired as the executive director of New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. The fight against...
View ArticleAttorney Stacy Kaye Sits Down for a Q&A Session
Stacy Kaye has been with Appelman Law Firm for over five years. She served as a Law Clerk for three years before joining the team as an associate in October 2010. Stacy specializes in a variety of...
View ArticleCorn on Miranda, Surreptitious Questioning, and the Right to Counsel
Geoffrey S. Corn (South Texas College of Law) has posted Miranda, Surreptitious Questioning, and the Right to Counsel on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article analyzes police surreptitious...
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9 Investigates crackdown on sex offenders inside Disney World
Unfortunately this is likened to Facebook saying "No Sex Offenders Allowed." Disney owns the property and has the right to say who gest in and who doesn't. Hopefully they are checking more than sex......
View ArticleThe Only Thing We Have to Fear
I did not write about the government's announcement (and why, by the way, did they announce it?) that it intended to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev without first informing him of his Miranda rights. I...
View ArticleFreispruch nach angeblicher Vergewaltigung
Vor dem Schöffengericht wurde ein Strafverfahren bezüglich einer Vergewaltigung verhandelt. Einem 49-jährigen Mann wurde vorgeworfen, dass er eine Frau in ihrer Wohnung geschlagen und vergewaltigt...
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