Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison, for his conviction on seditious conspiracy charges. To date, this was the longest sentence imposed out of the 1000+ people charged in the Capitol attack that was intended to...
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Charges Dismissed Against Alec Baldwin
Prosecutors in New Mexico dismissed charges filed against actor Alec Baldwin, for the accidental shooting of a movie cinematographer in 2021. Mr. Baldwin was facing reckless homicide charges, a felony offense carrying a 1 to 5 year prison term in New Mexico. Special...
What Does the Indictment of Donald Trump Mean?
Former President Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. So what is an indictment? Am indictment is just a fancy word for a document that contains criminal charges. The sole purpose of an indictment is to notify the accused of the charges. In simple terms,...
Six Year-Old Shooter Raises Difficult Questions for Criminal Justice System
On January 6, 2023, Virginia police say that a 6 year-old first grade student brought a gun to school and shot his teacher. The student's mother had legally purchased the gun and it was kept in the family home. The student obtained the gun and then brought it to...
Graduate Student Charged with the Murder of Four Idaho College Students
A Washington State University criminal justice graduate student has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Bryan Kohberger, was arrested in Pennsylvania and now faces extradition back to Idaho to...
Sam Bankman-Fried Waived Extradition – So What is Next for Him?
On December 21, 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in a Bahamian court and waived his right to contest an extradition request by U.S. prosecutors, to return him to New York to face a federal indictment accusing him of fraud, relating to the collapse of the FTX...
What is Next in the Extradition Process for Sam Bankman-Fried?
American crypto currency entrepreneur, Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas on a federal indictment filed against him in the United States. So what happens next for Mr. Bankman-Fried? He will now face extradition. Extradition is the formal process of one...
Special Counsel Appointed in Trump Investigations
On November 18, 2022, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith, a long time federal prosecutor, as special counsel to lead two criminal investigations involving former President Donald Trump. Mr. Garland made that announcement after Donald Trump...
What Legal Problems Does Presidential Candidate Trump Face?
On November 15, 2022, Donald Trump announced that he will run again for president in 2024. However, he faces a host of criminal investigations and civil lawsuits. First, former President Trump faces an on-going criminal investigation for retaining government...
Marijuana is Now Legal in 21 States – What Does the Future Hold?
On November 8, 2022, election day, voters in 2 more states have approved the legal use of recreational marijuana. On election day, voters in Maryland and Missouri approved the use of recreational marijuana. There are now 21 states, plus the District of Columbia, which...