Zen Law Guy

There’s an old saying that if you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. I fell in love with federal criminal law when I began studying it back in 2009. What motivates me is the unfairness of it all. Nothing moves me more than someone being treated unfairly, and the federal criminal justice system is hardly fair or “just.”

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

Prison Life

BOP Posts (Another) New Policy on First Step Act Credits

Almost four years after the First Step Act was enacted in December 2018, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has finally adopted a formal policy on how to implement this law passed by Congress that could…

Federal Sex Offenses

Fifth Circuit Tosses Child Porn Conviction, Holds Image Wasn’t ‘Patently Offensive’

Whether a nude image of a minor is considered illegal depends on whether it’s “obscene.” But what does that mean? For decades, what has amounted to obscenity has never been clearly established by the courts.…

Federal Post-Conviction

Federal Habeas Corpus: Raising Successful Habeas Claims

Criminal cases are chock full of errors. Judges err, prosecutors err, and of course defense lawyers are far from perfect. But when it comes to federal habeas corpus, not all errors are worth raising. Perhaps…

Federal Post-Conviction

Federal Habeas Corpus: Federal Prosecutors Argue in Supreme Court that Savings Clause Relief Should be Available

August 8, 2022: Jones v. Hendrix, No. 21-857 (S. Ct.) Even though the government has convinced some federal courts that relief under the savings clause should not even exist for prisoners under 28 U.S.C. §…

Prison Life

Free Power of Attorney Forms for Prisoners

If you need a power of attorney form, you don’t have to pay for them. Here’s a durable power of attorney form for Florida, and a revocation form when the time comes to end the…

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