SEEKING JUSTICE FOR THE ACCUSED THROUGH INVESTIGATION. MITIGATION. SENTENCING ADVOCACY.
Writing in the Washington Post, Radley Balko points out that the American criminal justice is system is mired in its own tarpit of ‘alternative facts’ arising out of shortcomings and mistakes in the world of forensics. Ten years ago the National Academy of Sciences first drew sharp attention to the problem; since then there have…
The Office of the Inspector general has published a report entitled “Review of the Federal Bureau of Prison’s Management of Its Female Inmate Population” that is critical of the BOP’s performance. Following is the Executive Summary of the report, followed by a link to the full report. We concluded that BOP has not been strategic…
More than 90% of Federal cases end in a guilty plea. Once guilt is no longer at issue, the focus moves to mitigation — the factors that diminish the level of guilt and weigh in favor of lesser punishment. This article by Janet Hinton provides a good overview of the process. Janet Hinton (FPD E.D.…
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