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Federal Supervised Release – Conditions of Supervision
Probation Deep Dive: Conditions of Federal Supervised Release This is a deep dive into the conditions a defendant must follow on supervised release, for a
The 2019 U.S. Supreme Court
What Acquitted Conduct Says about Justice Kavanaugh and Federal Defendants and Supervised Release The Supreme Court has changed drastically over the last two years. With
An Interesting Case On Supervised Release
We’ve written a lot here about federal supervised release and the conditions that allow for a judge to release our clients early from their term
Pretrial Matters
Federal Pretrial: Pre-Sentencing
The PSI/PSR A Pre-Sentence Investigation and Pre-Sentence Report (PSI or PSR) are done by the US Probation Office to make recommendations to the presiding judge
Federal PreTrial: Sentencing
Sentencing The process by which a federal sentence is pronounced goes in the following steps: a sentencing range is calculated by the probation officer and
Federal Sentencing: Criminal History Category
Calculating Criminal History Weight The final piece to sentencing calculations takes into consideration criminal history. Everything from misdemeanor driving crimes (like driving with a suspended
Sentencing
The 2019 U.S. Supreme Court
What Acquitted Conduct Says about Justice Kavanaugh and Federal Defendants and Supervised Release The Supreme Court has changed drastically over the last two years. With
Federal Pretrial: Pre-Sentencing
The PSI/PSR A Pre-Sentence Investigation and Pre-Sentence Report (PSI or PSR) are done by the US Probation Office to make recommendations to the presiding judge
Federal PreTrial: Sentencing
Sentencing The process by which a federal sentence is pronounced goes in the following steps: a sentencing range is calculated by the probation officer and
Most Recent Articles
Federal Supervised Release – Conditions of Supervision
Probation Deep Dive: Conditions of Federal Supervised Release This is a deep dive into the conditions a defendant must follow on supervised release, for a
Slavery in America – Private Prisons and the 13th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment allows slavery in the United States, as long as those slaves are convicted of a crime. Private prisons actively lobby for more slaves to drive profit.
Federal Sentences: Help Yourself at Sentencing
Whatever You’ve Done Can and Will be Used to Help at Sentencing Sentencing is a difficult time for everybody surrounding a federal criminal prosecution. Victims