Federal Crimes

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Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Federal Drug Cases Are Declining, But Not Everywhere

March 29, 2016

Last week, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that there were fewer federal drug cases brought in fiscal year 2015. Less than half of those cases triggered the severe mandatory minimum sentences that often punish low-level, non-violent drug offenders with a decade or more in federal prison, even if it’s their first offense. […]

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FBI’s Use of “Playpen” Child Pornography Website May Be Unconstitutional

February 7, 2016

The FBI recently admitted that it had operated a child pornography website known as “Playpen” for several weeks in 2015. The FBI was supposedly using this website in an attempt to identify computer users across the world who may have attempted to access illegal child pornography images on the “Playpen” website through the Tor network. […]

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New Federal Child Pornography Charges Involving Tor Network

November 30, 2015

We were recently contacted by several individuals who had either been arrested or had their homes searched by federal authorities based on allegations of receiving, distributing, or possessing child pornography through the Tor Network. Based on our experience, it appears that this is a massive criminal investigation by the FBI and other agencies resulting in […]

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Our Firm Secures Dismissal of Federal Child Pornography Charges

November 30, 2015

I thought I would be picking a jury today in a federal child pornography case, but the prosecutor dismissed the case a few days ago. Our client had been charged with violations of 19 U.S.C. § 2252, which meant that he faced a minimum of ten years in prison if convicted on any charge. Fortunately, […]

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Our firm helps client avoid prison in federal drug conspiracy case

August 28, 2015

Earlier this week, our firm was able to assist a client in a federal drug conspiracy case in the Northern District of Florida. The case involved a number of wiretaps, confidential informants, undercover officers, and three co-defendants who were cooperating with the Government. Our client had been intercepted on one of the wiretaps discussing a […]

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