On May 26, 2015, the Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of Lockhart v. United States, after the 2nd Circuit affirmed a ten year minimum sentence due to a prior conviction enhancement. Although the case is not yet scheduled, it is currently expected to be argued in October […]
Part 1 of this article focused on several aspects of what children go through when their parent is imprisoned. It also discussed whether children are more likely to become criminals themselves as a result. Part 2 will discuss who is to blame … the parent in prison or the system? What can be done to […]
We recently argued to a federal judge that he should not just lock our client up and throw away the keys forever because, among other reasons, our client had seven children that would be left without a father. To our astonishment, the prosecutor stood up and told the court that society would be served even […]