In U.S. v. Thompson, 777 F.3d 368, 373 (7th Cir. June 13, 2015)(P&J, 05/25/15), Circuit Judge Richard Posner went on a tirade when blasted the mindless and senseless imposition of more and more standard and special conditions of supervised release that are routinely imposed on defendants convicted of Federal defendants ...

The defendant in this case, Jason Moreno, was convicted at trial of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud based on his involvement in a mortgage fraud scheme; and he was sentenced to 96 months in prison. On appeal, he raised a number of issues, one of which was ...

This is another outrageous asset forfeiture case that shows how Federal law both enables and encourages the police to become bandits with a badge.

First, a little background. The Institute for Justice (IJ), which claims to be the Right Wing's preeminent public interest law firm, committed to "challenging government's control ...

Hector Cortes-Medina pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance within1,000 feet of a protected location, pursuant to a plea agreement in which the Government agreed to recommend a sentence of 121 months in prison so long as the defendant’s Guidelines’ criminal history category (CHS) ...

“Asset forfeiture laws entrust to government with inherently dangerous powers, and those laws which authorize pre-conviction seizures are particularly fearsome. This case involves the Government’s misuse of a federal civil forfeiture statute (18 U.S.C. § 1345) to seize, after indictment, but before conviction, effectively all of Petitioner’s assets — including ...