by Webmaster | Jul 12, 2016 | Police Force Reform
A fatal shooting of a black man by a Baton Rouge, La., police officer last Tuesday, July 5th , has already ignited national outrage. Videos have quickly surfaced of Alton Sterling pinned on the ground by two police officers who can be heard screaming “get on the...
by Webmaster | Jul 2, 2016 | Domestic Violence
On Monday, June 27 th, the Supreme Court upheld the broad reach of a federal law that bars people with misdemeanor domestic violence convictions from owning guns. This case involved two Maine men who argued that their guilty pleas for abusing their partners...
by Webmaster | Jun 30, 2016 | Bribery, Corruption
Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell got his lucky break on Monday the 27th when the U.S. Supreme Court tossed out his bribery conviction, which he was previously found guilty of back in 2014. This also means that he will not have to serve the two year prison...
by Webmaster | Jun 29, 2016 | Criminal Defense Law Articles, Police Search
On Monday the 27th, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that an outstanding arrest warrant discovered during an illigal traffic stop allows incriminating evidence recovered thereafter to be admissible in court. Justice Sonya Sotomayor, as well as the Court’s two other liberal...
by Webmaster | Jun 29, 2016 | DUI
Many people are all too familiar with the steps taken by police when one is pulled over for Drinking Under the Influence (DUI). A U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion of 6-2 last Thursday, the 23 rd , which reaffirms that police do not need a warrant to administer a...
by Webmaster | May 19, 2016 | Jury Selection
On Monday, March 23rd, the Supreme Court made a drastic move towards overturning the death sentence of Timothy Foster, a Georgia man who was convicted of murder in 1987. The Court released a review of the previous judgment, ruling that the state’s use of peremptory...
