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14 Jan Some Of My Favorite Federal Judges Were Prosecutors

Posted at 12:00h in Fairness in Sentencing, Governmental Accountability

The courts are unbalanced when it comes the experience of Federal judges with most having a prosecutorial background while few worked in legal aid.

Posted at 08:30h in Governmental Accountability, Prosecutors

In the United States, it's okay for prosecutors to lie and misrepresent evidence in an attempt to get a defendant to plead guilty.

Posted at 10:00h in Fairness in Sentencing, Prosecutors

The allegations of fraud with respect to pandemic relief continue to grow, and this has led to even more prosecutors taking on cases.

Posted at 08:45h in Governmental Accountability, Prosecutors

For the next ten years, it's anticipated that many federal prosecutors will find their caseloads filled with pandemic relief fraud cases.

Posted at 12:09h in Fairness in Sentencing, Governmental Accountability, Prosecutors

Colorado is set to expand the way it holds prosecutors accountable when negotiating plea deals, and its approach could lead the country.

Posted at 08:00h in Prosecutors

Prosecutors overcharging defendants has become the rule, not the exception, in the criminal justice system. It's fair to ask why.

Posted at 14:13h in Fairness in Sentencing

We hear people feaermongering about critical race theory, or CRT, in classrooms almost everyday. Apparently CRT is in the justice system too.

Posted at 16:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration, Fairness in Sentencing, Governmental Accountability

Merrick Garland has instituted a number of criminal justice reforms in his memoranda to federal prosecutors.

Posted at 12:00h in Governmental Accountability

A husband tried to murder his wife in a visiting room at the BOP's minimum-security camp at USP Tucson. The BOP did virtually nothing.

Posted at 10:00h in Death Sentences, Governmental Accountability

Your constitutional rights are supposed make it hard to put you on death row. But the government's power is often stronger than your rights.