| DEFENSE EVIDENCE AT SENTENCING HEARINGS |
| Either the prosecution or the defense is entitled to introduce evidence at a defendant's sentencing hearing. If the defense introduces evidence, it usually takes the form of reputation and character evidence or mitigation evidence.More... |
| Check Kiting, Improper Personal Loans to Banking Officers, and Overdrafts |
| Check kiting is a crime that involves one or more individuals who utilize checking accounts at two or more financial institutions. The purpose of using two or more institutions is for the systematic exchange of checks written in similar amounts. The individual uses the lag time that it takes to clear checks through the Federal Reserve System to use and collect the money. More... |
| INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS OR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS |
| It is a federal offense to interfere with flight crew members or flight attendants while an aircraft is in flight within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. The offense applies to any individual who, by assaulting, threatening, or intimidating a flight crew member or a flight attendant of an aircraft, interferes with the performance of the duties of the flight crew member or the flight attendant or lessens the ability of the flight crew member or the flight attendant to perform his or her duties. More... |
| FEDERAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS |
| The Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice is responsible for supervising the enforcement of federal criminal laws. United States Attorneys or federal prosecutors are responsible for prosecuting federal criminal offenses that take place in the prosecutors' districts. United States Attorneys are supervised by the United States Attorney General and his or her assistants. More... |
| A DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL |
| A defendant is guaranteed the right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. In addition, states have provisions in their constitutions that guarantee the same right. More... |
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