How can u get violated for a charge a goverment can not even charge u if they wanted to

A question back to you: how do you know the Government could not charge the underlying allegation if they wanted to? There is a sadly...

Should my son sign an affidavit accepting another's drug charges whom he planted drugs on without that kids knowledge?

I know this is not a preferred answer, but you all need a lawyer and that lawyer needs to be told the above (which should not be repeated anywhere...

If this is federal as posted, then there is no parole and he will have to serve every day of the six months (no Good Conduct Time on sentences of...

Pretrial detainees are in custody of the U.S. Marshal Service (USMS). USMS does not, by policy, give out their detainees location except to...

My husband is going to be reless from federal prison in march 2018?

The Bureau of Prisons is currently downsizing its contracts with halfway houses, meaning fewer beds and fewer facilities. It might be that...

Call the public/federal defender, let them know that you are concerned a defendant has not yet been appointed counsel, and they will check to make...

Refusal to answer results in civil contempt, which can be purged (cured) by answering. Custody is "coercion," not punishment, and it will continue...

When can a state case be turned over to federal and what are the guidelines for methamphetamine charges

If there is some federal nexus, the federals can prosecute a separate drug case from the independent State case. Most of the time a State will...

Do federal prisoners receive time served for his or her jail time?

If the time has been credited against another sentence, the BOP will not credit it against the federal sentence. See 18 U.S. Code § 3585(b). If...

How and when can I get out of jail for federal contempt of court .

I concur with Mr. Bailey. If this is about civil contempt for refusing to testify, then the law is clear that "you hold the keys to the jail...