Traditionally, the primary purposes of any penal institutions are to prevent the criminal from engaging in additional illegal acts, to punish the criminal for the crimes already committed, to deter other individuals from committing crimes by example, and to...
In the past years, two embezzlement cases have hit local headlines. On September 11, 2013, a former bookkeeper with Allstate Electrical Contractors, Inc., in Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty in federal court to making a forged security and filing a false tax return....
Did you know it’s possible to be released from detention while awaiting your sentence? The courts may release a defendant from federal detention while they wait for their sentencing hearing if the Court finds the defendant is unlikely to flee and does not pose a...
