A plea "under advisement" is one that a court is deciding whether to accept. - Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq., National Federal Defense Group.

You must retain an attorney who has substantial experience defending clients in cases involving financial or "white-collar" crimes in federal...

Federally Charged & confined at Rehab Center with ankle monitor as part of pre trial. Does that time count towards time served?

If the District Court placed you in a rehabilitation center pursuant to an Order of Release, the Federal Bureau of Prisons will not credit that...

Contact the Federal Defender's Office in the district in which the charges against your husband are pending. If there is no federal public defender...

My son is in prison for mariguana and gun possession charge (sentenced 25 mos for each after 5k).

If your son's sentence for the drug offense was based on US Sentencing Guidelines Section 2D1.1, which it likely was considering the number of...

How can I help my brother?

The only means by which your brother's sentence can be reduced under current federal law is his substantial cooperation in the investigation of...

I'm serving 24 month state sentence concurrent with a 24 month federal sentence. Will this affect my ability for halfway house?

The sentences will run concurrently only if the federal judgment specifically states that they will. If so, you will not be held on either if you...

The federal statute of limitations applicable to most crimes, including theft (not involving art) and extortion, requires that an indictment be...

A federal inmate inmate will serve the entirety of any sentence of imprisonment for a term of 12 months or less. Good conduct time, which reduces a...

The federal government must indict the case that is now pending in state court only within the period prescribed by the relevant statute of...

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