What does it say about a country's criminal law policies when an estimate emerges positing that as many as 16 additional federal prisons might need to be built in the near horizon to house an ever-ballooning inmate population?Oh, and there's this: The estimated price...
It's likely that most readers of our blog do not work in a career where they repeatedly experience fear that just routinely going about their work may be exposing them to legal liability.And by legal liability we mean the potential for one or more criminal charges and...
Our immediately preceding post from earlier this week placed a spotlight on border searches conducted by customs and immigration officials of the personal effects of persons returning to the United States from an international destination.As noted in a recent media...
If you're an American passport holder who has spent any appreciable amount of time traveling internationally, you've likely asked yourself the question that is posed in the headline above.Maybe it was a trip coming back from Europe. It could just as easily have been...
A recent Forbes article contains what is likely just about the scariest italic reference that many Americans can possibly imagine.Take a look at this sentence from tax columnist Robert W. Wood and see if you don't have a visceral reaction: "You may never be audited,...
Mortgage-related activity is obviously something that is closely probed in all aspects by government regulators, financial pundits, lenders, borrowers and many other people, given the central importance of property and its financing in the United States.One item of...
Today's post continues with a theme introduced in our immediately preceding entry, namely, that the nation's federal marijuana laws are illogical, capricious and often draconian in their application.As a writer we introduced in our May 5 post noted therein, federal...
Families Against Mandatory Minimums is a national advocacy group focused upon sentencing reform in the criminal justice system. Mike Riggs is the organization's communications director.Unsurprisingly, Riggs has something to communicate, and he does so with passion and...
While much of the conversation concerning football over the last 48 hours has been dedicated almost exclusively to the National Football League draft, it's important not to overlook other very interesting football-related stories, including one involving a former star...
