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- How We Calculated P. Diddy’s Prison Release Date: It’s Sooner Than You ThinkFederal Prison Release-Date Math Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ federal prison date is not as simple as counting 50 months from sentencing. The real calculation can involve presentence detention credit, good conduct time,…
- Federal Prison Tips Founder Reported Dead: What Clients Should Do Now.Federal Prison Consulting Update After reports that Kyle Sandler has died and Federal Prison Tips has ceased operations, affected clients and families should focus on records, deadlines, filings, payments, and unfinished work.…
- What the Supreme Court Just Did to Federal Compassionate ReleaseFederal Prison News • Compassionate Release • First Step Act The Supreme Court’s 2026 decisions in Rutherford v. United States and Fernandez v. United States are two of the most important federal…
- Can You Use Medical Marijuana on Federal Supervised Release After Cannabis Moved to Schedule III?Federal Supervised Release • Medical Marijuana • Schedule III Cannabis Medical marijuana has entered a new federal era, but that does not mean a person on federal supervised release can simply start…
- RDAP: Why the Federal Prison “Year Off” Is Not AutomaticFederal Prison News • RDAP • BOP Sentence Reduction The Bureau of Prisons’ Residential Drug Abuse Program, better known as RDAP, remains one of the most important sentence-reduction opportunities in federal prison.…
Robert Rohrbaugh II
At Prison Law Firm, we understand the system from both sides of the bars. The firm’s paralegal Robert Rohrbaugh practiced criminal law handling both state and federal cases for over 25 years (now working as a paralegal). During that time he defended clients in some of the toughest courtrooms in America. In a rare and extraordinary turn, Bob found himself in a situation that would take him from a member of the bar to behind the bars. Read Bob’s Book >>
After being indicted in Federal District Court for what amounted to receiving fees to represent a client while being wilfully blind that those monies were illegally gained by the client, his case proceeded to trial where he was acquitted on one count with the jury hung on the remaining three counts. During the second trial, he was convicted and sentenced to 52 months in Federal Prison. That experience gave him what no law degree can teach: firsthand knowledge of how the Bureau of Prisons operates.