Maurice Alexander was convicted on a misdemeanor charge, and served 10 days in jail. Six years later, it cost him a chance for affordable housing. Maurice Alexander was 61 when he was convicted on a ...

The attention-seeking parents of the Colorado "balloon boy" must not have had their thinking caps on last month when they told police their son was aboard a runaway hot air balloon. But when their ...

It is time for federal courts to appraise more realistically all consequences that a criminal conviction has on a defendant. When determining a sentence for a criminal defendant, federal courts are ...