It’s our favorite time of year – training time! Come hang out in the garden and gather some knowledge from our fantastic speakers! The registration link and agenda are below. We hope to see you there. REGISTRATION IS NOW...
Did you know that every Tuesday for more than forty years, the lawyers at the Federal Defender Program have met for a working lunch? In the FDP library at 101 Marietta Street, we engage in what Justice William O. Douglas (who was, like our own Stephen Johnson, a son...
All criminal statutes are inherently vague to some degree. Even so, under the due process clause, ordinary people should be able to understand the scope of a statute, and enforcement personnel should not be able to arbitrarily wield authority under a statute. See...
In US v. Brooks, the Eleventh Circuit stretched the meaning of “same course of conduct” far past the limits of common sense. The panel held Brooks accountable for the gun he was charged with under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), plus a stolen gun he was arrested with three...
