September 2010 - Federal Criminal Law Center

PTSD Must Be Considered In Criminal Sentences

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 29, 2010
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is an increasingly visible condition in veterans who are interacting with the criminal justice system. Understanding this condition will be increasingly important in not only assisting these veterans, but in ensuring that the criminal justice system treats defendants with PTSD fairly. The following is an edited excerpt from an article […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 27, 2010
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Nino Lyons was convicted of drug trafficking after a trial that lasted a week in 2001. The jurors heard testimony from witnesses about how they made enormous drug buys from Lyons. One said Lyons hired him to murder drug suppliers. What the jury didn’t hear was that the witnesses were convicted felons who were given […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 22, 2010
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A Macon woman pleaded guilty to embezzling $624,608 and falsifying bank credit union records in U.S. District Court on Monday. The woman’s actions occurred from 2001 to 2007 at a Macon credit union. The former head bank teller took the money from the credit union’s vault and teller drawers. The Georgia woman faces up to […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 20, 2010
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Attorneys who represent indigent defendants for capital cases in the Georgia criminal justice system say that a lack of funding for the public defender system may be creating rights violations. The United States Supreme Court has also taken a look at the terrain in Georgia and may review a capital case that illustrates the tensions […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 16, 2010
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Five members of the sovereign citizen movement, a group based on anti-government ideology were arrested and charged with mortgage fraud, theft and various RICO crimes. The five people arrested were allegedly involved in a conspiracy to appropriate upscale homes now bank-owned after foreclosure. The group was linked to 17 seized properties which had a net […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 15, 2010
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Chris Hawkins, a former North Carolina defensive back who is accused of buying University of Georgia receiver A.J. Green’s jersey, is facing felony drug charges in Georgia. Hawkins was arrested by Georgia State Patrol officers last year for misdemeanor possession of marijuana and felony trafficking of cocaine. (Last week, the NCAA suspended A.J. Green for […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 14, 2010
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The chief administrative officer of Seed International was indicted today by a grand jury for suspicion of embezzlement of approximately $700,000. Seed International is a non-profit Christian Missionary group funded by a number of Korean churches around the country. Other officers of Seed International confronted the officer after they noticed that money seemed to be […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 10, 2010
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News reports claim that a 29-year-old man walked into the Winn Community Army Hospital at Fort Stewart on September 6 and demanded help for mental issues. The man was allegedly armed with two hand guns, an AR-15, which can fire up to 800 rounds per minute and an MP-5 capable of firing several hundred rounds […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 7, 2010
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Atlanta appeals attorneys are following the developments in the case of Richard Scrushy, the HealthSouth Corp. founder who was sent to prison in 2007 for bribery and mail fraud. His appeal on his conviction has yet to be heard. Scrushy is optimisitc that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Skilling case could be […]

Posted by Marcia Shein
On September 2, 2010
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Georgia is seeing an uptick in the number of citizens being arrested for housing fraud. Dougherty County appears to be the most affected. Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has partnered with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to start ‘Operation Clean House.’ Investigators are targeting 80 suspects they claim lied and made misrepresentations […]

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PTSD Must Be Considered In Criminal Sentences

Judge Exonerates Convicted “Drug Trafficker”

Georgia Woman Admits to Embezzlement

Lack of Funding For Georgia Public Defender System May Be Causing Injustice

Sovereign Citizen Squatters Fill Vacant Homes

GA Drug Charges for Former NC D-Back Chris Hawkins

Officer Indicted for Embezzlement Awaits Trial Date

FBI Questioning Leads to Charges for Threats to the President

Scrushy Will Get Appeal, But Won’t Be Released While Waiting

‘Operation Clean House’ Makes Mortgage Fraud Allegations in Georgia