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National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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Dec 5, 2025
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Can U.S. citizenship be revoked for crimes committed after naturalization or only for pre-naturalization fraud?

U.S. law already allows revocation of naturalized citizenship primarily when the citizenship was “illegally procured” — most commonly by fraud or willful misrepresentation — but limited statutory path...

Jan 22, 2026

How did the Supreme Court's 2016 honest-services rulings change federal corruption prosecution strategies?

2016 decisions (building on earlier ) narrowed the legal contours of by cabining it to bribery and kickbacks and by tightening the definition of an “official act,” forcing federal prosecutors to recal...

Jan 16, 2026

What legislative reforms have been proposed to change federal civil asset forfeiture since 2024?

Since 2024 lawmakers, advocacy groups and think tanks have pushed several overlapping federal reforms to civil asset forfeiture: bipartisan FAIR Act proposals would raise the evidentiary standard, gua...

Jan 10, 2026

What privacy laws and warrants are required for prosecutors to obtain passive viewing records?

Prosecutors seeking "passive viewing records" — video or audio captured by cameras or devices that record without active user interaction — face a patchwork of constitutional standards, federal and st...

Nov 28, 2025

How do plea bargains typically differ for receipt compared to possession charges?

Plea bargains commonly reduce more severe charges (like receipt or possession with intent) to lesser offenses (like simple possession) or trade charges for lighter sentences; prosecutors use charge, s...

Nov 16, 2025

Have other high-profile defendants been convicted under the same New York statutes and what precedents apply?

Available reporting in the provided search results documents many recent New York convictions under state drug, gun‑ and weapon‑possession statutes (e.g., 31 defendants in two trafficking networks; mu...