Is your federal attorney’s performance satisfactory? A criminal defendant at a recent federal trial in Chicago was strapped to a wheelchair because he repeatedly interrupted by objecting to nearly everything and at one point tried to walk out of the courtroom. As a result, the judge had the courtroom staff strap him down to a […]
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012. Diego Vazquez is a free man. Attorney Bower Rodriguez demanded that he was innocent, yet the federal government insisted on going to trial on allegations of conspiracy to distribute 300 kilograms of cocaine worth at least $9,000,000. The federal jury agreed with Attorney Bower Rodriguez – NOT GUILTY. Diego Vazquez is the […]
“Police Tape,” allows users to record, store and share video and audio of police encounters and includes a guide to citizens’ rights. Citizens can hold law enforcement accountable with “Police Tape,” a smartphone application from the ACLU of New Jersey. The app also has a feature that provides legal information about citizens’ rights when interacting […]
Carlos Humberto Solis Velasquez was a wrongly accused man. Attorney Bower Rodriguez demanded that he was innocent, yet the federal government indicted him for international drug trafficking of 1,659 kilograms of cocaine worth $40,000,000. After two weeks of trial, the federal jury agreed with Attorney Bower Rodriguez – NOT GUILTY. Carlos is a 42 year […]
A veteran prosecutor in Alameda County, Calif., has been put on administrative leave while a potential violation of attorney-client privilege is probed (secret jail recordings), as first reported in the Oakland Tribune. It was revealed in a court hearing that Danielle London, who has been with the office a decade, had ordered sheriff’s deputies to […]
Assistant public defender Brian Keeley in Newport News, Va., received a phone call from a prosecutor asking him to testify against a former client. Instead of saying no immediately based upon his duty of loyalty to current and former clients, the public defender appeared in court that afternoon and testified against his former client. The […]
The allegations against Mary Grettenberger are completely unfounded and she is innocent of animal cruelty. If guilty of anything, she is guilty of loving and caring too much for the dogs that she rescues before they are killed by the Hillsborough County Animal Services shelter. These allegations appear to be the result of a careless, […]
Our family is devastated by the loss of our dear family member Terry Guerrier. We ask that anyone who knows or hears of anything regarding the murder of Terry, please cooperate with the authorities so that whoever is responsible can be brought to justice. We ask for privacy during this time of mourning and request […]
re: USA v. Patricia Shaw, Federal Criminal IRS Tax Fraud Case “Upon being contacted by law enforcement in this case, Ms. Shaw immediately admitted her involvement in this tax fraud scheme and accepted responsibility for her actions. We applaud the United States Government for recognizing Ms. Shaw’s honesty. Given that Ms. Shaw had originally faced […]