US v. MW

- The Defendant was a 21-year-old woman with psychiatric issues. She was alleged to have participated and aided in the brutal sexual assault, leaving the victim with severe life threatening injuries after a beating; and, conspiring to kidnap the victim, in order to keep her from testifying at trial. The two male perpetrators were enlisted in the US Army, stationed in California, where the assault took place. But, before she was represented by counsel, she uttered an incriminating statement to federal and US Army investigators in DuPage County, Illinois. Hence, Salvatore C. Miglore was retained thereafter, and secured immunity for MW from the US Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and local prosecutors, with the assistance of James Hammer (local counsel in California), in exchange for her testimony against the two Defendants. Hence, she could never be prosecuted by the State or federal authorities, where if she was, she faced a long prison term (Two army Defendant’s received 40 years in federal prison each.)