What form do you fill out to petition parole board decision on the federal level? Done 11.07 on state level, its been to CCA

There is no parole for federal offenses committed after 1987. Defendant will serve about 87 percent of the federal sentence (if he/she stays out...

Do these "17 to 23 points" refer to the Sentencing Guidelines Offense Level? Or the security scoring given your husband by the BOP? Or his...

Federal criminal lawyer

If the stop violated the Fourth Amendment, then typically everything that came afterwards will be suppressed. But there are a LOT of facts missing...

Federal Rule 35 is understood, but what is 18 U.S.C. 3882 (c)? It cannot be found anywhere... Atlanta, GA

That's a typo. It should be 18 USC 3582(c), the Reduction in Sentence ("RIS") motion. Don't call it "compassionate release," because in nearly 15...

My colleagues are correct that the BOP has to set up pre-release with the halfway house (Residential Re-entry Center, or RRC). There is nothing...

Post release supervision

This must be a State law prosecution. There are no indeterminate sentences in the Fed, and the crime classifications are different. .

There isn't a class d drug charge. There is a Class D Felony, which means the maximum sentence is less than ten years but more than five. But,...

In the federal court does the home electronic monitor count toward your sentence

Nope. Such home detention time does not count toward sentence.

Son in federal custody and the state revoked his probation want sentence to run concurrent with federal

This is up to the judges, and should be discussed with the lawyer or lawyers representing him in the two different courts. Your lawyers should...

I was set up by the Federal Govt. and sent to prison for 5 years. They threatened my i.e coerced a guilty plea from me.

Beware. Attorneys who are competent to be in federal courts already have some name -- competence only comes with experience. Moreover, if you've...