News & Publications
April 18, 2016
By Cheryl W. Thompson
Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson, who pleaded guilty in a broad corruption scheme and is serving 87 months in prison, is asking a Maryland judge to set aside his conviction and sentence.
September 26, 2014
CRUEL AND PUNISHMENT - Capital Punishment in America Has Reached a Crisis Point; We Must End It Now
Henry McCollum had been the longest serving prisoner on North Carolina’s Death Row, until September 2, 2014, when Superior Court Judge Douglas Sasser overturned his conviction finding that he and his half-brother, Leon Brown were wrongfully convicted of rape and murder in 1983.
January 23, 2015
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO BRIBERY & FRAUD
On Thursday January 15, 2015, in the United States District Court in San Diego, California, Leonard Glenn Francis and his Singapore-based defense contractor firm, Glenn Defense Marine Asia (“GDMA”), Ltd., both pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery,