The impact of a criminal conviction is greater than a number of days in prison or a number of dollars fined. Hundreds of federal, state, and local laws impose additional consequences on people convicted of crimes, many of which remain in effect far beyond any judicially-imposed sentence. Unlike incarceration and fines, however, those additional consequences are frequently unknown to attorneys, judges, and the individuals whose lives they profoundly...

Returns to prison have increased faster than admissions to prison from court commitments. Technical revocations increased an average of 15.8 percent per year and new crime returns increased an average of 7.4 percent per year from FY 1995-96 to FY 2001-02. By comparison, admissions from court convictions increased an average of only 3.4 percent per year. A rising length of stay in prison, particularly for technical revocations, also contributed to...

Martin Hunter is a high profile lawyer who has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the...

In the cutthroat New York judicial system, if you're intelligent, ambitious and new, there's only one way to get things done: conviction. When five young assistant district attorneys enter the world of public justice, they struggle to make sense of their challenging caseloads and equally provocative personal lives. Under the leadership of bureau chief Alex Cabot, these rookie prosecutors are about to get a crash course in love, life and the law.