by Webmaster | Jul 29, 2014 | Criminal Defense Law Articles
Eyewitness misidentification is the single greatest cause of wrongful convictions nationwide, playing a role in 72 percent of the convictions overturned through DNA testing. In case after case, DNA has proven what scientists already know-that eyewitness identification...
by Webmaster | Jul 24, 2014 | Police Force Reform, Police Search
On July 22, 2014, the United States Department of Justice announced that the Newark, New Jersey Police Department will be overhauled and will come under federal oversight from an independent monitor after the Justice Department investigation found officers have...
by Webmaster | Jul 24, 2014 | Criminal Defense Law Articles
On July 18, 2014, The U.S. Sentencing Commission took a significant step to cut federal prison terms for drug offenses. The reform retroactively decreases the drug table set forth in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2(d) 1.1 by two-offense levels for all drug types. In...
