We all know that immigration law is complicated. We all know that human beings make mistakes. What we don't expect is that our government can't figure out who its own citizens are. But time and time again, the government disappoints. The latest culprit is the Department of Justice (DOJ), which employs the most powerful attorneys in the country.
The DOJ has the authority to issue deportation orders. In a recent decision, the DOJ admitted that... [...]
The Florida Supreme Court amended the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure last week, stripping Florida state prosecutors of their discretion to disclose information about informants. Under a new rule that lifts the curtain on the jailhouse snitches who long have been the source of false testimony in criminal cases, juries will be provided a more complete picture of the context of an informant’s testimony.
The Innocence Commission... [...]
Snap, crackle, pot — that’s the sound of the state’s case fizzling against a Coconut Grove man accused of trafficking marijuana baked into Rice Krispie treats.
An attorney for a Coconut Grove man successfully argued that the actual pot in 437 “Wake Bake” bars did not weigh enough to merit a drug trafficking charge.
Prosecutors on Thursday dropped the most serious of several charges against Albert Duran after his lawyers argued... [...]
Homeless man gets job offers after he seeks maximum sentence for bank robberyA homeless man in Indiana is getting some job offers after telling a judge he would plead guilty to bank robbery if he got the maximum sentence.David Potchen was on probation for a prior bank robbery and working as a welder when he was laid off from his job last March, the Post-Tribune reported last week. He told Judge Clarence Murray last Wednesday that he... [...]
Can police use 'inadvertently shed' DNA without a warrant? SCOTUS won't hear case raising the issueThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied cert in a case challenging the warrantless use of DNA left on the arms of a chair at the police station.The Supreme Court let stand the ruling by Maryland’s top court upholding the rape conviction of Glenn Joseph Raynor, who refused to provide a DNA sample but agreed to go to the police station. The... [...]
