Brown Law Blog
Good Things Come in… 2’s?
Brown Law has long been an eager participant in the fight against mass incarceration. We have litigated on behalf of state and federal prisoners all over the country – many of whom were warehoused in prison and forgotten about by much of society. One of the most impactful areas of ...
Amendment 821 could lead to federal sentence reductions
Help could be on the way for an estimated 11,500 people who are currently serving federal sentences in the Bureau of Prisons. Two recent changes to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines – referred to collectively as Amendment 821 – could lead to significant sentence reductions. The Guidelines changes, generally speaking, apply ...
William Mitchell Is Free!
Sometimes lawyers meet extraordinary people who happen to be living behind prison bars. That is the case with Brown Law client William Mitchell, who earlier this month was freed after a Harford County judge agreed to reduce his sentence to, essentially, time served. William first contacted me in 2012, through ...
PG County Murder Reversed; Brown Law’s 7th Life Sentence Overturned
A Prince George’s County judge vacated the murder conviction of Brown Law client Marlon Marshall, finding that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to consult a DNA expert. The case was litigated by Brown Law attorneys Justin Brown and Lylian Romero. Marshall had been convicted in a 2017 ...
Prosecutors pursue PPP loan fraud in Maryland
In recent months, Maryland, like the rest of the country, has seen an uptick in PPP loan fraud prosecutions. These cases are just winding their way through the courts, but it seems likely they will continue to be a focus of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore, Maryland, long after ...
