Criminal Defense

  • Out With the Bathwater: BOP Uses a Watchdog Report to Cripple Newsletters

    Discover the impact of the Bureau of Prisons’ e-mail policy change on inmates’ access to the federal prison newsletter and what comes next. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) instituted a sweeping change to their e-mail policy that affects inmates and their access to information from newsletters like the federal prison newsletter that I sent from…

  • Supreme Court Makes Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Ruling: Thornell v. Jones

    The Supreme Court Held that the 9th Circuit Did Not Follow the Law in Finding Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Jones is Charged of Several Murders, Convicted and Sentenced to Death Jones committed three murders in relation to a theft of guns. One of the victims was a small child. Jones was charged with two counts…

  • In Focus: Lives that Hang in the Balance Under an Uncertain Future for the CARES Act

    Thousands of Lives Are Subject to Being Upended as the CARES Act marches towards eventual reincarceration. These are some of their stories. As referenced in a previous post, the Bureau of Prisons has no incentive to keep inmates serving at home away from prison. This is evidenced by the Biden Administration essentially cosigning a memo…