A federal conspiracy conviction does not require that you committed a crime. It requires that you agreed to one. Under 18 U.S.C. 371, the government must...
Federal Criminal Appeals \n\n Most federal convictions survive appeal. The reversal rate across the circuit courts hovers near five percent in criminal...
The government reported $16.6 billion in cybercrime losses in 2024, a thirty-three percent increase from the year prior, and the Department of Justice has...
The Government Prosecutes the Person Who Signed, Not the Person Who Knew \n\n Corporate authority has become the predicate for criminal exposure. The...
The sentence has already been determined before the judge speaks. Under 21 U.S.C. 841, Congress assigned fixed terms of imprisonment to fixed quantities...
The Accusation Precedes the Act \n\n Federal embezzlement prosecutions begin with a premise that has already convicted you. The government does not charge...
Federal Environmental Crime Defense \n\n The distinction between a civil penalty and a prison sentence in federal environmental law rests on a single...
The federal government does not need much to prosecute extortion. Under 18 U.S.C. Section 1951, the Hobbs Act criminalizes any act of obtaining property...
The Second Amendment did not save the last seven thousand people convicted under Section 922(g). \n\n In fiscal year 2024, federal courts sentenced 7,419...