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ATTORNEY KASSIUS BENSON OBTAINS DOWNWARD SENTENCING DEPARTURE FOR CLIENT IN FEDERAL CONSPIRACY TRIAL On Friday, April 20, 2018, Attorney Kassius Benson convinced a federal judge to sentence our client, K.R.P., to a 90-month sentence in relation to her plea of guilty in a major drug conspiracy case. The case was venued in the U.S. District Court […]

ATTORNEYS AT KASSIUS BENSON LAW, P.A. OBTAIN SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE & DISMISSAL IN CASE INVOLVING OVER 500 GRAMS OF MARIJAUNA April 20, 2017 – Congratulations to Kassius Benson, Senior Counsel who obtained suppression of evidence and dismissal of a charge of 1st Degree Possession of over 500 pounds of marijuana seized in Fergus Falls, Minnesota in the […]

U.S. Supreme Court: Jurors’ Expressions of Overt Racial Bias during Deliberations no Longer Shrouded in Secrecy. While many may have accepted defeat by the familiar and recurring evil of racial bias in the criminal justice system, Defendant Miguel Angel Peña-Rodriguez, resilient in his innocence, persisted. Although Mr. Peña-Rodriguez is still yet to be fully vindicated, […]

ATTORNEYS OBTAIN SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE AND DISMISSAL OF MAJOR DRUG CASE February 16, 2017 – Today, Attorneys Kassius Benson and Tayler Rahm and our client “J.D.” obtained a dismissal of a charge of First Degree Possession of Methamphetamine in Mille Lacs County District Court following suppression of all evidence. After fighting the case for 16 […]

Check out this New York Times article on asking whether too many people are sent to prison and referencing a recent Brennan Center Report titled “How Many Americans are Unnecessarily Incarcerated?”

ATTORNEYS CONVINCE JUDGE TO GIVE PROBATION ON CLIENT’S SECOND FELONY DWI Congratulations to our Attorneys Kassius Benson and Tayler Rahm and our client “S.A.” who obtained a rare sentencing departure to probation for his second felony DWI following a contested hearing in Anoka County, Minnesota.  Despite the fact that our client was on felony DWI probation when […]

Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States KASSIUS BENSON LAW, P.A. recommends the new and lengthy Human Rights Watch report that is the title of this post. The summary introduction of the report is as follows: Every 25 seconds in the United States, someone is arrested for the […]