If you even half-paid attention in high school history class, you might be forgiven for thinking that federal courts are the most powerful courts in the land. After all, they’ve been responsible for landmark rulings about everything from abortion rights to school desegregation — disputes so well-known, the cases are […]
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Oklahoma City Man to Serve a Year and a Half in Federal Prison for Synthetic Identity Theft Scheme | USAO-WDOK
OKLAHOMA CITY –Yesterday, TYRUS OATES, 49, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was sentenced to serve 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to make false statements to a financial institution, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester. On July 22, 2021, a federal grand jury returned a 12-count superseding indictment charging […]
Former Law Enforcement Officer Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Possession of Child Pornography | USAO-MD
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis today sentenced Anthony Michael Mileo, age 56, of Huntingtown, Maryland, to three years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession of child pornography. At the time of his indictment in January 2020, Mileo was a Corporal with […]
3-Year Prison Sentence Affirmed for 3M Mask Counterfeiter
On March 25, 2022, the Shanghai Third Intermediate People’s Court announced the affirmance of an earlier ruling sentencing defendant Wu XX to 3-years imprisonment and a 100,000 RMB fine (~$15 thousand USD) for counterfeiting a registered trademark of 3M on masks. In a larger case last year, the same court upheld a sentence […]
Sex-Offender Laws Sent a Man to Prison Over a Prayer Livestream
Is engaging with a chatbot that asks you to enter your name using an “internet identifier” that must be reported? What about registering with a local news website so you can comment on a story? An IP address? The possibilities are nearly infinite, meaning that a registrant must record the […]
NJ court ruling limits long prison sentences for youth crimes
In a momentous policy change this month, New Jersey quietly spread hope to inmates serving lengthy sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles that they could be released from prison sooner than expected. But unlike many of their peer states, New Jersey’s shift to reduce the amount of time juvenile offenders must stay behind bars […]