Steve’s Fresh Perspective

You can’t lead if you don’t show up.  Thursday, notwithstanding her Wednesday press release promising to appear at a Senate hearing to recommend expanding a no-parole law that she says would help cut violent crime, Ms. Jessamy failed to show.  In other words, she failed to lead. 

Steve’s Fresh Perspective

What Rep. Rangel’s Non-Indictment Says About Our System: As a recovering federal prosecutor, I see an occasional injustice that I might not have seen when I was with the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Maryland.  A businessman, for instance, is wrongfully targeted and subsequently suffers from the toll such an investigation takes on [...]

Steve’s Fresh Perspective

Prisoner Transfer Program Like many of our colleagues practicing criminal defense, we have seen an increase in the number of immigrants being prosecuted in our jurisdictions.  Surprisingly, while many questions that potential clients ask are expected (how strong is the government’s case? what kind of sentence am I looking at if I get convicted? what is [...]

Steve’s Fresh Perspective

Thanks to Allan Lengel of www.ticklethewire.com for sending us this interesting piece about Freedom of Speech, entitled Is it OK to Shout Fire in a Chatroom?   The article, written by a retired FBI agent, raises an issue that will not soon be retired:  when does free speech cross the line and become a criminal act?  In the era [...]