On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Drug Crimes on Tuesday, October 24, 2017. No reasonable person in Missouri or anywhere else across the country wants to engage in any type of contest where applicable processes — the rules of the game, if you will — are stacked in favor of the other side. What’s the point? When an opponent has a one-sided and material advantage, you lose. Fundamental unfairness puts a black mark on something as simple as a game of checkers. Given that, imagine the stakes for any individual involved in a criminal justice matter — such as a drug …

On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Drug Crimes on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Some changes, yes, but not quick enough or significantly sufficient to satisfy a broad swath of critics in Missouri and across the United States. That about sums it up for individuals and groups who ardently oppose what they claim have been widespread injustices that have occurred over many years owing to harsh federal sentencing guidelines and judicial mandates. We concede on our criminal defense website at the proven St. Louis law firm of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry that reform demands in recent years have produced some positive changes …

On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Drug Crimes on Thursday, October 12, 2017. We note on a relevant page of our website at the St. Louis criminal defense firm of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry that state and federal authorities have pulled back a bit in recent years from notably harsh sentencing guidelines in some drug cases. Although that has promoted both logic and fairness in select criminal matters, drug crime defendants — even nonviolent offenders — continue to receive notably stringent prison terms in legions of cases. As we stress on our site, “Despite some progress, individuals in Missouri who face …

On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Drug Crimes on Thursday, August 17, 2017. Allegations of racial profiling and other types of unlawful conduct featuring in stops initiated by police officers in St. Louis and other communities across Missouri are hardly novel occurrences. In fact, high numbers of pedestrian and traffic stops across the state that allegedly result from cops’ reasonable suspicions regarding things like ongoing drug activity, weapon concealment and violent crimes bring community-based complaints charging pretense and other unlawful motives for questioning and searching select individuals. Given a rash of highly publicized adverse police/citizen encounters and materially unfortunate outcomes stemming …

On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Drug Crimes on Friday, August 11, 2017. A blank slate. If you’re the parent of a juvenile — say, a young teen — in St. Louis or elsewhere in Missouri, you might intuitively and immediately understand that depiction of a comparatively younger person who is not yet an adult. And that is the key disclaimer — not yet an adult. That is a fundamental distinction accorded juvenile offenders who find themselves interacting officially with authorities in the criminal justice system. Judges, attorneys, police officers, psychologists and counselors and additional parties who work with children know …