Courts regularly empanel grand juries, but the days or week during which they serve depends on the district (for example, some districts have a...

Yes. A case that's been dismissed because the Government failed to obtain an indictment within 30 days from the defendant's arrest is dismissed...

A person convicted of the transportation of a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421 does...

If a person works under cover for the FBI is the FBI required to pay him?

The FBI often pays its informants, but it's not required to do so. – Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq., Atlanta, GA.

How do I figure out how the new sentencing laws impact people incarcerated under the 924c stacking charge?

The First Step Act of 2018's "924(c) anti-stacking" provision applies only to cases in which the court hasn't yet imposed sentence. – Joshua...

What federal inmates are elidgable for the fist step time credits? If a gun was mentioned in the psr but not a charge, is that i

All inmates are eligible to earn the full 15% "good conduct time" reduction, and certain inmates, other than those convicted of certain violent...

The First Step Act of 2019 prevents a defendant's being sentenced consecutively on multiple firearms charges (during and in relation to a drug...

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How would the federal justice reform work for inmate serving time already?

If your husband would have been eligible for relief under the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which Congress did not make retroactive, he's eligible...

The maximum penalty for Bank Fraud (and Conspiracy to commit Bank Fraud) is 30 years of imprisonment, and the maximum penalty for Aggravated...

The only means by which your right to possess a firearm or ammunition may be restored is the conviction's being vacated. However, a presidential...