Former Gov. Bob McDonnell was sentenced on Tuesday to a prison term of 2 years by U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer. A Virginia governor has never been sentenced for crimes committed while in office before. McDonnell was ordered to begin serving his sentence by February 9 and his wife, Maureen, will be sentenced later […]
Earlier this month, Judge J. Dan Pelletier Sr. of the Atlanta Immigration Court denied attorney Stacey Ehrisman-Mickle’s motion to delay a hearing which she requested due to the fact that she was on maternity leave. In his refusal, the judge stated there was “No good cause.” Even though the opposing counsel was fine with it […]
Currently, at least 29 states have laws criminalizing parents’ failure to protect their children from abuse. As BuzzFeed reports, in some states “the crime is known as injury to a child “by omission, in others it is called “permitting child abuse” or “enabling child abuse.” BuzzFeed goes on to explain that In addition, prosecutors in […]
Former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were convicted of charges of bribery, conspiracy and extortion on Thursday. Following a lengthy federal trial, McDonnell was found guilty on 11 counts while his wife was convicted on nine. According to ABC News, formal sentencing has been set for January 9, 2015 with both McDonnells facing […]
The D.C. Court of Appeals handed the Obama administration a victory reversing an earlier ruling that financial subsidies are not available for people who purchased health insurance on the federal exchange. As NBC reported: “A three-judge panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals reached that conclusion in late July. On the same day, a federal […]