If your friend truly wants to cooperate with exonerating your brother, the attorneys for them should coordinate your friend's providing and...

There's no means by which to seal or expunge a federal conviction of any type. – Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq., Atlanta, GA.

The various federal statutes of limitation requires that the Government initiate a formal prosecution, that is, obtain an indictment, within a...

The federal probation officer must file a petition to modify or revoke supervision before the term of supervised release expires, or the court will...

Call the US Marshals Service in the district in which he's detained, and the marshals will provide you with his location—he won't be on the BOP...

The federal Speedy Trial Act applies to all federal criminal cases, and requires that a case be tried within 70 days from the last co-defendant's...

The Court may determine the restitution after sentencing, but the parties must be included in that determination. – Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq.,...

If this is a federal case, the court will unseal (make public) the complaint or indictment during or immediately after the defendant's initial...

A federal judge has no authority to involve himself or herself in plea negotiations or offers; that's a matter between the Government and the...

If you expect a non-custodial sentence, you should consolidate the change-of-plea and sentencing hearings so that you won't have to wait 60–90 days...