The legal system– justice– is built on the twin pillars of precedent and procedure. This is why attorneys look to ‘preserve the record’ by filing various motions, even when they know they will likely be ruled against in the current trial. They are preserving points on the record that may in fact be incredibly important […]
Read more »WARNING: The following story might make you angry. An epileptic woman from Michigan visits a relative in Pennsylvania. She had moved to Michigan from Pennsylvania because medicinal cannabis was the only medicine that was working to alleviate her seizures. Her husband is her caregiver, and he uprooted his whole life to move his wife to […]
Read more »Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a giant leap backwards in time by issuing a memo instructing Federal prosecutors to “charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense” in drug related crimes, reversing the policies of his predecessor, Eric Holder. Holder took a more progressive and humane approach, especially concerning non-violent and low-level offenders. […]
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