Clients are often frustrated by how unfair they believe the criminal justice system is when faced with it for the first time.  Americans grow up thinking the criminal system is fair, that only guilty people are prosecuted and convicted, and law enforcement and prosecutors play by the rules.  Those notions are often shattered when they face the legal system, particularly the federal legal system and they learn that law enforcement lies, hiding evidence is common place and indeed, often sanctioned by federal law.  Prosecutors indict the cases they want and pick the charges.  Judges have little to no power to influence … Continue reading The Harsh Truth About Federal Prosecutions