The opinion asserted in today's above blog entry headline comes courtesy of a former federal prosecutor responding to a sentence recently imposed upon a defendant in a health care fraud case.
Selling or giving away your prescription pills can result in jail
You had a surgery or recently completed treatment for an injury. You're feeling a lot better, and you have no need for that powerful synthetic pain medication prescribed by your doctor. Then, someone you know, maybe a friend or co-worker, sees the pills in your cabinet or purse and offers to buy them. You aren't taking them, and who doesn't like a little extra cash?
Cabinet chief: adjustments needed re college sex-crimes accusations
Current U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently offered up comments on the issue of campus-based handling of sex-crimes cases at colleges and universities across the country. Her tone was emphatic, with the words she delivered being blunt and manifestly clear.
Government's asset-forfeiture powers reined in by House bill
How would you feel if you lived in a country where government authorities could summarily empty your bank accounts and freely avail themselves of assets like your house and car through confiscation? And what it they could simply keep that money and property without ever citing probable cause to suspect you of criminal activity?
Court: can't reach gun-crime evidence when warrant is invalid
Government: He is a known gang member, and we saw him throw a gun out an apartment window. What is wrong with our seizure of the weapon and his subsequent conviction for illegal possession of a firearm?
