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Criminal Misapplication

Criminal misapplication of funds of a financial institution is a federal crime. In order for the prosecution to be successful in a prosecution for criminal misapplication, it must show that a nexus existed between the misapplication and the defendant's status with the financial institution. More...

Cellmate Informants

There are many different types of informants; one of the types of informant includes a cellmate informant. A cellmate informant is an informant that is incarcerated at the same time as a suspect and becomes friendly with the suspect in order to obtain information pertaining to the suspect's criminal activity. More...

FEDERAL STRIKE FORCES

United States Attorneys' offices have federal strike forces. Such strike forces are called Organized Crime Strike Force Units (OCSFUS). The OCSFUS are responsible for supervising and prosecuting cases against criminal enterprises that operate in or that affect the United States. The Attorney General's Organized Crime Council identifies those criminal enterprises. The terms "organized crime" refer to criminal groups that engage in repeated illegal activities over an extended period of time within the United States. More...

CLEMENCY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS

In some states, legislatures have recently enacted laws that grant the possibility of clemency by the states' governors for domestic violence victims who have been convicted of certain offenses, such as murder and manslaughter. In those states, the governors are entitled to request a clemency investigation by the states' parole boards into cases where defendants have pleaded guilty or have been convicted of those offenses when the offenses were directly related to the defendants' being victimized by domestic violence. More...

MISCELLANEOUS GAMBLING OFFENSES

A person commits the offense of gambling promotion when he or she intentionally or knowingly operates or participates in the earnings of a gambling establishment; engages in bookmaking; becomes a custodian of any item of value that is bet or is offered to be bet; sells chances on the result of a game or contest or on the performance of a participant in the game or contest; sells chances on the result of a political nomination or election or on the success of any nominee or candidate in the election; promotes a lottery; or sells, offers to sell, or knowingly possesses any card, stub, ticket, check, or other lottery device, which sale or possession is for the purpose of a gain.More...