John P Contini Answers Your Legal QuestionsI exaggerated my income on a mortgage loan application. Could I get in trouble if someone finds out? Absolutely! Exaggerating income and lying about anything on a mortgage/credit card/bank loan application is fraud, and you may not know that “bank fraud“ and “mortgage fraud“ are both federal felonies. And [...]
John P Contini Answers Your Legal QuestionsWhat do you do if you’re approached by someone and offered a deal on certain merchandise, and the deal seems too good to be true? If it seems to be too good to be true, then it probably is too good to be “true.” The odds are, the item [...]
DNA analysis has been recognized not only as a tool to convict the guilty, but also as a method to help exonerate the innocent. Since 1989, DNA testing performed years after conviction has led to approximately 250 exonerations (some cases still pending court decisions). Arizona is home to 2 of these 250 exonerated men. Larry [...]
by Michael Hamden There is presently pending before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) a proceeding in which the regulation of prison pay phone providers is being considered. (CC Docket # 96-128.) That matter involves the egregious practices of the prison pay phone industry, which, with the complicity of correctional professionals, permit the extortion of billions [...]
Historical Context Since the release of a Report by the Institute of Medicine in 2006, a great deal has been written about the egregious exploitation of prisoners as subjects in human research projects during the mid – to late 20th century. There can be no question that the Nazi regime engaged in shocking, inhumane studies [...]