A special prosecutor was eventually brought in and Zimmerman stood trial for criminal charges in Florida, where a jury acquitted him of murder and manslaughter in July of 2013. The topic of race subsided from the country's political discourse again until the following summer, when...
“Although the department has determined that this matter cannot be prosecuted federally, it is important to remember that this incident resulted in the tragic loss of a teenager’s life,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta of the Civil Rights Division. “Our decision not to pur...
That’s why adequate Due Process protections in red flag law should also provide that making a false statement in support of a petition for an ERPO order is a serious criminal offense. And, the respondent should have a statutory civil cause of action against a person making a false statement...
In criminal matters, DOJ considers the voluntariness and timeliness of a company's disclosure, as well as whether a company's remedial measures were both meaningful and sufficient to illustrate the company's recognition of the seriousness of the misconduct. In civil cases, the SEC considers four ...
The Justice Department’s lead federal attorney, Susan French, has over a decade of courtroom experience with the Human Trafficking Unit of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice. But French’s “error” not only blew the Aloun Fa...
Department of Justice Attorney General Merrick Garland seeking $36.5 million for US Attorney's Offices and Criminal Division to hire 120 new prosecutors focused on p
The Bankruptcy Court Justice's have no Criminal authority and cannot even rule on Contempt issues. Not even a Chief Federal Justice can bypass Congress's Code on Section 327(a). If attorneys give false testimony, they must be disqualified. It is only through "color of Law" that the horde...
One of the most common funders of DOJ employee trips was the American Bar Association, the main trade group for criminal and civil lawyers who, on a daily basis, tangle in court with federal prosecutors. ABA was listed more than three dozen times as the paying sponsor for tr...
division if she is confirmed its assistant attorney general. Gupta, who occupied Karlan’s role during the final years of the Obama presidency, has been nominated for associate attorney general, the number three leadership position where she is expected to oversee not just DOJ civil rights work ...