Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Oklahoma City bombing occurred on 19 April 1995 at 9:02 am. The bombing, targeting the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, took the lives of 168 people, consisting of federal and state employees, citizens, and children. The culprits behind the bombing are Timothy McVeigh (executed in 2001) and Terry Nichols (serving a life sentence in prison). Given the extent of their involvement, in the heinous act, the blame is well placed. However, McVeigh and Nichols were not acting on their deranged…

One of the FBI’s “Ten Most Want Fugitives” for more than 16 years before his arrest in June 2011, James Joseph Bulger Jr., popularly known as Whitey Bulger, accounted for over 19 murders, federal racketeering, extortion, conspiracy. He accomplished this all while working as an FBI informant in his days as part of Boston’s Southie Irish gang, the Winter Hill Gang. Whitey Bulger was born into a large Irish-American Catholic family on September 3, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was one out…

In the Supreme Court case, United States v. Russell, 411 U.S. 423 (1973), Respondent Richard Russell was charged with three counts of a five-count indictment on behalf of unlawfully manufacturing and processing the drug methamphetamine. The controversy that surrounds this case derives from the respondent, Richard Russell’s decision to argue the legal term known as entrapment (United States v. Russell, 1973). This specific term is typically used when a Law enforcement agent induces an individual…

helped Solyndra restructure its loan. The Energy Department agreed that $75 million in new funds from private investors became senior debt that ensured it would be paid back ahead of the $385 million in federal loans. This made it possible for investors to recover $75 million before an federal loans were repaid. During congressional hearings, Republican representatives highlighted a paragraph in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that states obligations, or loan guarantees, shall not be…

the legalization of cannabis is NORML ("NORML-Working to Reform Marijuana Laws", 2017). The entire purpose of NORML is to reform cannabis laws by being the voice of the people ("NORML-Working to Reform Marijuana Laws", 2017). They lobby “state and federal legislators in support of reform legislation”, publish a newsletter, have a web site, hosts an annual conference; and “serves as the umbrella group for a national network of citizen-activists committed to ending marijuana prohibition and…

when an inmate named Preston Tate was shot and wounded by a corrections officer. This incident took place at California’s Corcoran State prison when Preston Tate and his cellmate were fighting against two rivalries who were Hispanic gang members. Following Preston Tate’s death at the hands of a prison guard and that’s when whistle blowers approached the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) with stories of abuse against the inmates (Dryburgh, 2009). Also, the Corcoran case provides understanding…

The Most Infamous Cases of the FBI The Federal Bureau of investigation was formed in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte during president Roosevelt’s presidency. The duties and responsibilities of the FBI were originally ill-defined. The FBI started out with fewer than 60 agents. When the FBI was first established, there were few federal crimes (Schlesinger 19 and 20). Now, the FBI has many very important cases, including cases involving terrorism, Espionage, public corruption, civil…

everything from property tax fraud and taking bribes in government positions. Corruption and fraud rates in areas like the cement industry, property tax fraud, the police forces, and city officials were high in Chicago, however, there were also groups, federal and local, who were working against the crime. Cement Industry…

robbing a bank or grand theft auto. As you compare the two crimes, one is more sophisticated in finding out the criminal and the white-collar criminal is more capable of eliminate evidence. However, crimes involving violence are known to having longer prison sentences (White Collar or Blue). White-collar crimes are more sympathetic and are viewed as less severe, while blue-collar is categorized as being high risk and having a low reward (White Collar or…

Throughout this course we have learned that there is a clear connection between organized crime and public officials, such as law enforcement, lawyers, judges and even the president. But corruption is not only prevalent with politicians and public officials. It also instills legitimate businessman as well. The reality is that organized criminals, legitimate businesspeople, and government officials are equal players in a marketplace of corruption (Lyman, 2015). The organized crime and…