How can you get a copy of the grand jury transcripts for police officers involved in shooting

As a defendant you may be able to request these through discovery. Please work with your attorney to make this happen. Otherwise, no.

Are there any pro bono lawyers for appeals in a federal criminal case in IL or IA?

Please refer tot he find a lawyer tab and start requesting each individually.

Before testifying as a witness, I lied under oath in federal court about being employed.

You must respond to a subpoena. If they compel you to appear, it is legal.

No, home detention is not serving pretrial 'countable' time. It is a limitation on freedom, not full incarceration.

Can a federal Probation officer tell a 38 year old woman she can not spend the night with her sex offender spouse

Does not sound reasonable. You may want to speak with the chief probation officer and complain about this arbitrary restriction (unless the spouse...

CI - Confidential informant - ask for it in discovery.

Federal felony for US Postal Order acceptance but non-shipment of the device?

It can be, but the charge is more fraud related to a contract for unshipped goods. Best complete the contract to keep safe here.

Why is federal trial scheduled so fast?

You can motion for continuances, but the speedy trial act requires trial within 60 days.

It can happen, sometimes for a witness that is unable to appear (rare). As a party, you have a right to be at any depositions to cross examine the...

Under what circumstances can a judge not allow my sentence to be ran concurrent with another sentence .

The why here best gets answered by your attorney who knows all of the facts surrounding the two jurisdictions considering a concurrent sentence. ...