Ashley is pleased to announce that she has been chosen as a Top 40 Under 40 Criminal Defense Lawyer for 2016 by the American Society of Legal Advocates! You can read about the organization here.
Prosecutorial Misconduct Leads to Dismissal
Judge Audra Eckerle recently dismissed a case in her courtroom after a prosecutor continually neglected to turn over exculpatory evidence which was in his possession. I don’t personally know the young prosecutor on the case, but I have had similar experiences with other Assistant Commonwealth Attorneys in that office, and it is shameful that the […]
Karen Faulkner for Jefferson County Attorney
Show your support for Karen Faulkner for Jefferson County Attorney… please remember to vote in the primary on May 20th!!! Please check out the campaign website here, and sign up to help in any way you can!
Obama Commuting Unjust Crack Sentences
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain United States federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 ratio to an 18:1 ratio and eliminated the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of crack cocaine, among other provisions. This disparity was a product […]