Every Fourth of July, the sky erupts. The air smells like sulfur and barbecue, and the streets are filled with people celebrating the fundamental idea of American liberty. I watch the fireworks like everyone else. I hear the anthems. But for me, the celebration is hollow. It is incredibly difficult to celebrate freedom when you…
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💥 Welcome to the Conversation: Are We Still Pretending Supervised Release Works Or is Constitutional?
Welcome to the newest space on the internet dedicated to the torturous, complex, confusing, and costly world of American criminal justice. If you’ve ever looked at our “justice” system—the one that leads the world in incarceration rates—and thought, “Surely, this can’t be the best we can do,” then you’re in the right place. We’re kicking…
Trump Walks Into a Probation Office
The Deep State Makes Him Fill Out a Form Can you imagine it? Someone on federal supervised release gets invited to the White House to meet President Trump. Not because Trump knows them. Not really. Because the cameras are rolling, the person is useful, and somebody told him it would make a perfect little morality…
The 100,000 Motion Deluge
The Supervised Release Storm that Could Inundate the Federal Justice System A White Paper Addressing the Constitutional Infirmities of Supervised Release and a Jurisprudence-Based Screening Tool to Survive the Flood Executive Summary Federal supervised release jurisprudence is in a state of unprecedented crisis. Resting on a legal foundation that is fundamentally compromised, and largely fictitious,…
Same Risk, Separate Scale: The Forgotten Frontline of Federal Law Enforcement
Imagine two federal law enforcement officers working a high-risk case in the exact same metropolitan area. Both wear body armor, both carry firearms, both execute unannounced searches, and both are required to track individuals with complex, volatile criminal histories. Yet, when the end-of-month paycheck arrives, one officer makes 25% less than the other. This isn’t…
