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Facing Federal Drug Charges? The Solution is to Attack the Sentencing Guidelines (Part 2)

“[T]he vast majority of federal drug offenders serving outsize sentences are in for low-level, nonviolent crimes, and have no serious history of violence.” – NY Times editorial These challenges can help

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Protect Your Kids from Harm: Don’t Let Sexting Ruin Your Teen’s Life

Since the time your child was born, you’ve been her guardian and protector. You’ve always been there for her. Now she’s a teenager. And, like many teenagers, she’s always on

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U.S. Marshals Service reports 123 arrests in Operation Zero Hour

The United States Marshals Service announced that 123 people were arrested in Robeson County, North Carolina. The arrests were part of “Operation Zero Hour,” which is a major crime initiative

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Judge, jury agree on sentence in child sex crimes case

A jury in Roanoke Circuit Court recommended late last year that a 53-year-old man be sentenced to six years in state prison after being convicted of aggravated sexual battery against

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Facing Federal Drug Charges? The Solution is to Attack the Sentencing Guidelines (Part 1)

By Kevin Marcilliat, Attorney, Marcilliat & Mills PLLC “[T]hese fixes do not reach to the heart of the problem, which is that the vast majority of federal drug offenders serving outsize sentences

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Man gets 7 year prison sentence in federal sex crime case

Recently in Raleigh, North Carolina, a man from Cary received a seven-year federal prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to using the Internet to promote prostitution and interstate transportation for

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Man arrested on human trafficking charges

On Dec. 6, 2015, a 15-year-old girl was found at a Raleigh, North Carolina, Econo Lodge. The Raleigh Police Department was informed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that she

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Federal charges never filed, man gets back money from seizure

It’s taken several months, but a business owner in Fairmont, North Carolina, will finally get his $107,702.66 that was seized by police in July 2014. The man was also seeking

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20-year federal prison sentence in child porn case

A 60-year-old man from Beaulaville, North Carolina, has been sentenced to a federal prison term of 20 years. He pleaded guilty to receiving child porn in October 2015. The U.S.

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Change in law could ban sex offenders from state fair

Last year, two arrests were made of individuals at the North Carolina State Fair who were convicted sex offenders. Officials with the state’s Agriculture Department want to see a law

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