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On November 19 the BOP published a seven-minute speech  by recently appointed BOP Director Josh Smith, summarizing the breathtaking failures of the BOP and pledging the dawn of a new age in the broken federal prison system.   Attributing the mess to Biden Emphasizing in one way or another, no less than eight times, the “mess that we've inherited from the Biden administration,” Smith excuses the failures of Trump’s first term as the result of a BOP “plagued by an entrenched de

I occasionally hear from clients — or prospective clients — that they are "sure" the feds are wiretapping them because they hear strange clicks and other stuff when speaking on their phone. Although years ago, in the analog world, there were sometimes telltale signs of wiretapping, nowadays intercepts are digital and you won't hear any clicks or other strange sounds on your phone. Unless, perhaps, you are the type of person that also believes that the feds have planted a rece

Some twenty years ago we founded The Robing Room ( www.therobingroom.com ), which has since become the largest judge-rating website in the country, permitting lawyers and non-lawyers to post reviews of both state and federal judges. We have 36,000 reviews of federal judges and a large multiple of that number for state judges. An ever popular area of The Robing Room is the "Top 10" and "Bottom 10" lists. Check it out! We created and maintain The Robing Room because we believe

During the pandemic many inmates prevailed on compassionate release applications because they were particularly vulnerable to suffering bad outcomes should they contract COVID. With COVID largely -- though certainly not entirely -- in the rear view mirror, what are the principal grounds upon which compassionate release -- which includes reductions of sentence in addition to immediate release -- are granted? Key Factors: Rehabilitation vs. Recidivism My partner Zach Segal and