Wednesday, August 12, 2020
If You Have Been Charged With A Crime In Federal Court, Contact Jay Leiderman
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Budget constraints affect federal prosecution of crimes on Indian Country
Navajo Police Lt. Phillip Joe and Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe assist Navajo Police Officer Jonathan Johnson on Aug. 7 in Ojo Amarillo during a ride-along. (Daily Times file photo)
FARMINGTON — The number of federal prosecutions of tribal crimes dropped more than 13 percent in 2013 as a result of the budget sequestration that year, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report.
The sequestration was intended to force Congress to agree on a budget with the threat of across-the-board cuts to most federal programs, including everything from social services to defense. When lawmakers failed to agree, the cuts went into effect.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Officials say arrests of Mexican Mafia are effective despite revolving door [Jay Leiderman in the news]
Ventura County authorities say arrests of Mexican Mafia members are effective in deterring drug trafficking and other crimes here, despite a revolving door that sees them eventually replaced on the street.
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Defense attorney Jay Leiderman, who represented one defendant in the 2012 case, disagreed. He said his client, Edwin Mora, was not a high-ranking member of the Mexican Mafia as authorities alleged. In fact, Mora was kicked out of his Moorpark apartment for not paying rent, Leiderman said.
"He is hardly a drug kingpin," Leiderman said.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
Is The Criminal Justice Act of 1964 A Failure?
What is called “the” 1964 Civil Rights Act is justly celebrated for outlawing racial and other discrimination in employment, “public accommodations” and elsewhere. But that year’s second civil rights act, the Criminal Justice Act, which is 50 years old this month, is, some say, largely a failure because of unanticipated changes in the legal and social context. Is it?
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Ventura Lawyer Defending Criminal Cases In Federal Court
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Suspects arrested in San Mateo panga pot bust face federal charges
Nine people accused of hauling more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana off of a boat from Mexico that landed at a San Mateo County beach earlier this month are now facing federal drug smuggling charges, according to court records.
Charges by the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office were dismissed Wednesday after a federal criminal complaint filed in San Francisco on Tuesday charged them with possession of and conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) of marijuana.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Is Beard Cutting a Hate Crime?
Nearly two years ago, in September 2012, a federal jury in Cleveland answered "yes" to that question after three weeks of deliberation. The jury convicted Sam Mullet Sr., bishop of a renegade Amish clan, and 15 of his followers for forcibly cutting off the beards of Amish men in nighttime home invasions in 2011. The jury struggled with two big questions: Was cutting off a beard temporary disfigurement? And were the attacks motivated by religion?
Federal prosecutors sought to convict the defendants of hate crimes under the 2009 Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act. This statute defines a hate crime as bodily injury inflicted because of a victim's actual or perceived religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, national origin, or disability.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Baton Rouge ordinance banning guns in bars violates Second Amendment, federal judge rules
A Baton Rouge ordinance banning the possession of guns at bars or any other place that sells alcohol was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge on Monday. The ordinance also applied to parking lots of places that sell alcohol, including those at restaurants and grocery stores.
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