Recent Posts in National News

August 12, 2013

James “Whitey” Bulger Found Guilty in Federal Court

James “Whitey” Bulger was recently convicted on 31 of 32 counts following his 7-week-long federal jury trial. He will not be sentenced until November 11 of this year. However, based upon the counts he was found guilty of it appears that he will now spend the remainder of his life in prison. He was… Read More »

August 1, 2013

Ariel Castro Sentence Similar to Paul Michael Merhige

Ariel Castro pleaded guilty to 937 counts in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. It is not very often that a defendant will plead guilty to such serious crimes so quickly including murder and kidnapping. A murder and kidnapping case can easily spend up to a couple of years in the legal system before… Read More »

February 18, 2013

Oscar Pistorius: Stand Your Ground

Oscar Pistorius was charged with premeditated murder. This case has grabbed the attention of the international media because he was a recent participant in the Olympics and set the world record for the Paralympic games in the men’s 400 meters. He was often referred to by the nickname ‘Blade Runner’ because of the prosthetic… Read More »

November 16, 2012

Is David Petraeus’ Affair Criminal?

The David Petraeus affair has captured the attention of the national media and been all over the news the past week. On the news, there was a recent topic of whether the affair that the decorated General conducted was a crime. The David Petraeus affair is unique in that he holds a position that… Read More »