August 2010

I just finished a very complex criminal trial in the federal courthouse in Jackson this week.  The trial began last Monday, and was scheduled to last two weeks, but we were able to get it done by yesterday, in one week.  I suppose this has to do with the fact that this was a retrial, and [...]

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Parole was abolished in the federal criminal system in 1984. I was in federal court today in Natchez, Mississippi, in the courtroom of the Honorable Judge David Bramlette, and Judge Bramlette mentioned during a hearing that at least 80% of the lawyers who appear before him do not know that there is no parole in [...]

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Identity theft is a form of fraud, committed by persons who pretend to be someone else in order to access resources, obtain credit, or steal money in the other person’s name.  The most popular forms of identity theft include: credit card identity theft government benefit identity theft computer and internet identity theft (including ebay and [...]

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