Category: Court

  • Every Federal Defendant Has Four Opportunities To Speak For Themselves

    Federal Defendant’s have four opportunities to speak for themselves during the court process. The first opportunity is in the Pre-Sentence Investigation interview. This interview is with a United States Probation Officer, who is going to ask about everything in your life, going all the way back to your childhood. Here you can bring up everything…

  • But The Judge Sentenced Me To RDAP

    When you’re standing up at sentencing and the Judge makes a recommendation for RDAP, a specific prison or any other recommendation he or she may make, that’s just it, it’s a recommendation. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is not bound to any “recommendation” that the judge makes. They often times take it under advisement…