Set For Sentencing

Robert Roberson is set to be executed by the state of Texas on October 16, 2025.   But he is innocent.  He has spent 20 years on death row, having been convicted of killing his 2 year old daughter Nikki.

The murder of Charlie Kirk is tragic and unacceptable, and the perpetrator must face justice. If we can all agree on that, we can begin to heal.

To quote the great Rocky Balboa, "it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." 

In Part II of our deep dive into the Ghislaine Maxwell case, we begin with BOP Prison consultant, Walter Pavlo of prisonology.com to talk about her transfer to a minimum security camp.  Then, we resume with  Mark Allenbaugh of sentencingstats.com for one of our famous "sentencing post-mortems" to see what we can learn from Maxwell's sentencing proceeding. 

The saga of Jeffrey Epstein is ongoing and ever-present in the news.  And there are powerful lessons to be learned.  But the talking heads are mostly just spinning their wheels.  So, if you're seeking some straight talk and inside scoop about all of it, you've come to the right place.  

An independent judiciary is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy.

The Trump administration stated that Kilmar Abrego-Gar...

In understanding the current administration's draconian deportation policies, nothing makes sense except in the light of white supremacy. 

The underlying animating force of these policies, openly stated by Tom Homan during a white house press conference, is "the great replacement theory".  Propagated by white ...

America might have moved on from Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, but we have not.

So, ask yourself:  What happens when the U.S. government indefinitely sentences someone to a foreign prison without any due process and no one stops them?

In this episode (part 1 of 2), I appear on Justin Yentes'...

On Friday, April 25, George Santos learned his fate, at his fraud sentencing in federal court. He had two years since his indictment to walk the walk, demonstrate extreme remorse and acceptance, and take meaningful steps to address the problems that got him here and convince a judge he wouldn't make the same mistakes again.

But the government painted him as an unrepentant fraudster who was ...

Although we often complain about the sentencing guidelines, this week, I find myself thankful that we still live in a country that has courts and due process, in the federal criminal courts.  At least for now. 

So today, we celebrate the death of guideline departures, lament the death of due process in immigration, and worry for the future of this democracy.

That's why ...

I'm back. I've been in hibernation for the last couple of months, basically paralyzed by what can only be described as a rapid descent into authoritarian hell.  In his seminal work, "On Tyranny", Timothy Snyder warns:  "Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vo...