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Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Federal Drug Cases Are Declining, But Not Everywhere

March 29, 2016

Last week, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that there were fewer federal drug cases brought in fiscal year 2015. Less than half of those cases triggered the severe mandatory minimum sentences that often punish low-level, non-violent drug offenders with a decade or more in federal prison, even if it’s their first offense. […]

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March 7, 2016

Attorney Page Pate is interviewed about his client’s role in the federal embezzlement case brought against Nathan Hardwick, the former managing partner of Morris Hardwick Schneider.

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Page Pate discusses federal law on terrorism in Michigan case

February 25, 2016

An online CNN article cites attorney Page Pate’s writings on the federal determination of whether or not a mass shooting is terrorism, specifically in regards to the Kalamazoo shooter.

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Prison Guards Indicted in Drug Sting

February 12, 2016

Transcript: Brenda: Federal prosecutors say a two-year investigation has now unraveled a statewide conspiracy within Georgia’s prisons. This investigation spanned a total of 11 different facilities, and yielded more than 130 indictments. Dozens of corrections workers are accused of using their law enforcement status to protect purported meth and cocaine deals, in exchange for …

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FBI’s Use of “Playpen” Child Pornography Website May Be Unconstitutional

February 7, 2016

The FBI recently admitted that it had operated a child pornography website known as “Playpen” for several weeks in 2015. The FBI was supposedly using this website in an attempt to identify computer users across the world who may have attempted to access illegal child pornography images on the “Playpen” website through the Tor network. […]

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