Everyone can agree that DWI/DUI is a national problem, accounting for thousands of traffic-related deaths and injuries. In response, many states have strengthened laws related to DUIs, especially for repeat offenders. Since states began enacting stronger DUI legislation, between 1982 and 2015, DUI-related fatalities decreased 57 percent. While this is, indeed, a positive effect, drunk […] The post The Strictest and Most Lenient DWI Laws by State appeared first on Minneapolis DWI Lawyer Douglas T. Kans.
The Strictest and Most Lenient DWI Laws by State
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King Accepted as Fraternal Order of Police Legal Plan Attorney
Attorney Brian W. King has been accepted as an approved attorney for the Fraternal Order of Police Legal Defense Plan. Law enforcement professionals often find themselves involved in legal issues related to their position. When this happens, King Law is now here to serve law enforcement and provide necessary legal protection. In the state of North Carolina, there are only seven approved attorneys for the FOP legal plan. After receiving a personal invitation, completing a rigorous application process and formal interview, King Law is honored that managing partner, Brian W. King, is one of those seven approved attorneys. In addition, King is the only approved attorney in Western North Carolina. King Law has office locations in Rutherfordton, Columbus, Hendersonville, Brevard, Marion, Shelby, Lincolnton, Hickory, Charlotte, and Concord in North Carolina. Two additional office locations are in Greer and Gaffney in South Carolina. Members of the…
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Idaho State Police news release: Scam on Sex Offender Registrants
Idaho State Police news release For Immediate Release, Feb. 13, 2018 Contact: Tim Marsano, ISP Public Information Officer, 208.884.7122 News release: Scam on Sex Offender Registrants The Idaho Central Sex Offender Registry, administered by the Idaho State Police, has been made aware of several attempted scams targeting registered sex offenders in at least one Idaho county and six Florida counties. One scam involves a caller posing as a law enforcement officer who tells the sex offender that they have missing or out-of-date registration information. The caller then threatens that, in order to avoid arrest for failure to register, the registrant must bring a gift/money card to a specified location (other than the registration office). The caller may provide a callback number with a voice mail message that sounds as if it belongs to the local law enforcement agency's registration office. In another report, the caller says they are with the sheriff's office and they…
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News Scan
Illegal Busted With $560,000 of Meth: An illegal alien who had been deported three times last year was caught with seven kilos of methamphetamine in November and is facing trial on drug trafficking charges. David Neal of the Miami Herald reports that Saul Bustos and Irepan Salgado rolled into Florida with the meth, planning to sell most of it to a contact at an IHOP in Hialeah. The buyer had contacted Salgado's brother to set up the deal. The problem was, the buyer was an undercover drug agent. After the deal went down, both men were arrested and face 10-years-to-life in federal prison if convicted. Bustos, who admitted illegally crossing the U.S. border on April 13, 2017, and again on July 6th and 19th, faces additional time.
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Retired Missouri judge now expressing regret about giving 16-year-old offender 241 years in prison for role in two armed robberies
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"How will cannabis legalization affect alcohol consumption?"
The question in the title of this post is the headline of this notable new commentary authored by Beau Kilmer and Rosanna Smart. Like many thoughtful commentaries in this arena, the authored highlight that a seemingly simple question does not have a simple answer. Here are excerpts: How will legalization...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/YBKwvZp9L-w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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Innocence Project Case Featured on The Marshall Project and The Takeaway
Last month, the Innocence Project was in court to request DNA testing in the 1998 conviction of Renay Lynch, who was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison but has long contested that she is innocent and was coerced into falsely confessing to being an accomplice to the murder of her 82-year-old landlord. Today, Lynch’s fight for new DNA testing was examined in two stories as part of a collaboration between the Marshall Project and WNYC’s the Takeaway. In the radio episode, reporter Andrew Cohen and Innocence Project Staff Attorney Susan Friedman, one of the lawyers representing Lynch, spoke about Lynch’s case. According to Friedman, the only evidence that was presented against Lynch at her trial in 1998 was her confession, which, she testified, she immediately recanted after she was outside of police custody—along with testimony from a jailhouse informant who said that Lynch confessed to her. DNA testing at the time was rudimentary, explained Friedman,…
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Mapping the politics and making the case against the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017
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What Is the Difference Between Sexual Misconduct, Harassment, and Assault?
After allegations of sexual harassment and assault came out against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo movement went viral, sparking new levels of social awareness regarding power and sex. High profile men in the political, business and entertainment realms have been accused of “sexual misconduct” — but what does that mean, exactly? With the rise of allegations there has also been increasing backlash against the #MeToo movement, mostly because people do not understand what exactly these men are being accused of: is it a criminal act, a civil violation, or just abhorrent behavior? Some cases may involve all three while others, like the Aziz Ansari story, fall within the realm of gross behavior. Sexual Misconduct Media outlets commonly used the term “sexual misconduct” when reporting accusations made against these high profiled men and women. But sexual misconduct is not a legal term. It does not actually refer to a…
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Affirmative Defenses in Texas | What is an Affirmative Defense to a Crime?
An affirmative defense allows a defendant to avoid legal responsibility for the charged offense. When a defendant uses an affirmative defense, the defendant is admitting guilt. However, the affirmative defense provides an excuse or justification for why the action transpired. An affirmative defense has the ability to mitigate the legal consequences of an unlawful action. Affirmative defenses include the following: Insanity Mistake of Fact Mistake of Law Intoxication Duress Entrapment Age Insanity as an Affirmative Defense One of the hardest defenses to prove, and one of the most misunderstood, affirmative defenses in Texas is the affirmative defense of Insanity. While our firm has successfully mounted insanity as a defense, it remains an elusive defense. The insanity defense exists because there are times when we as a society have decided that the person should not be held responsible for that action. The most common justifications have been codified as…
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Affirmative Defenses in Texas | What is an Affirmative Defense to a Crime?
An affirmative defense allows a defendant to avoid legal responsibility for the charged offense. When a defendant uses an affirmative defense, the defendant is admitting guilt. However, the affirmative defense provides an excuse or justification for why the action transpired. An affirmative defense has the ability to mitigate the legal consequences of an unlawful action. Affirmative defenses include the following: Insanity Mistake of Fact Mistake of Law Intoxication Duress Entrapment Age Insanity as an Affirmative Defense One of the hardest defenses to prove, and one of the most misunderstood, affirmative defenses in Texas is the affirmative defense of Insanity. While our firm has successfully mounted insanity as a defense, it remains an elusive defense. The insanity defense exists because there are times when we as a society have decided that the person should not be held responsible for that action. The most common justifications have been codified as…
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Gonzalez on Youth Incarceration
Thalia González (Occidental College) has posted Youth Incarceration, Health, and Length of Stay (Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. XLV, 2017) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For youth from marginalized communities, the pathway into the juvenile justice system occurs against...
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NICOLAS MADURO NO ES BIENVENIDO A LA CUMBRE DE LAS AMÉRICAS
Trece personas representantes del mismo número de naciones acaban de declarar, como miembros del “Grupo de Lima”, que el Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela no es bienvenido al Perú para la cumbre de lo que debió ser una fiesta de hermandad convirtiéndola en un encuentro sin vida propia sometida a los intereses del imperio. Deseo recordar a las distinguidas personalidades participantes que, la Constitución venezolana a diferencia de la nuestra prevé: Artículo 136. ° El Poder Público se distribuye entre el Poder Municipal, el Poder Estadal y el Poder Nacional. El Poder Público Nacional se divide en Legislativo, Ejecutivo, Judicial, Ciudadano y Electoral. Cada una de las ramas del Poder Público tiene sus funciones propias, pero los órganos a los que incumbe su ejercicio colaborarán entre sí en la realización de los fines del Estado. De…
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"UK judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange"
From Jurist: The WikiLeaks co-founder breached bail conditions and sought refuge at the embassy in 2012 to avoid an arrest warrant [BBC timeline] from the Swedish Prosecutor's Office regarding two separate sexual assault claims. Though prosecutors dropped the rape investigation...
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How Antic changed bail in Canada and the cases that followed it: the case of R. v. Tunney
How Antic Changed Everything for Bail in Canada: The Case of R. v. Tunney The case of R. v. Tunney (linked below) started as a routine bail hearing in Newmarket where Mr. Tunney was released with both a surety and conditions. Later, in November of 2017, Mr. Tunney appeared in the Superior Court [...]
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Blocking injury crash EB I90@38.5
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho State Police Regional Communication Center - North 615 W Wilbur Ave Suite A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815 Please direct questions to the appropriate District Offices District 1 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209- 8618 District 2 (208) 799-5150 Idaho State Police is currently on scene of a blocking injury crash eastbound Interstate 90 at mile post 38.5 in the Cataldo area. Please use caution in the area. An update will be went when the crash is cleared. SJT -----------------------------------
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"Close the Police Rape Loophole"
From The New York Times. In part: In October, two New York City police officers were charged with kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old Brooklyn woman they had taken into custody. The facts of the case are bad enough, but they...
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"When Border Searches Become Unreasonable"
From The National Review, via the NACDL news scan. In part: Under a law passed in 1946 (now codified as 8 U.S.C. §1357), the CBP claims the right to search people and places without a warrant if the purpose of...
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Good Luck is the Result of Good Planning: Estate Planning Seminar & Dinner
Join Attorney John B. Crotts of King Law and Financial Advisor Greg Poe of Edward Jones Investments for a free estate planning seminar and dinner. Seminar & Dinner Details “Good Luck is the Result of Good Planning” Date: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Time: 6 PM Location: Hampton Inn & Suites, 227 Sparks Drive, Forest City, NC 28040 There is no cost for dinner and the estate planning seminar. However, space is limited. All guest are encouraged to sign-up online at https://goo.gl/forms/jRFeHHo5xLCUhuHv2 or call 828-288-3085 x110. Questions regarding this event may be emailed to kmullinax@kinglawoffices.com. The post Good Luck is the Result of Good Planning: Estate Planning Seminar & Dinner appeared first on King Law.
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Blocking injury crash EB I90@38.5
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho State Police Regional Communication Center - North 615 W Wilbur Ave Suite A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815 Please direct questions to the appropriate District Offices District 1 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209- 8618 District 2 (208) 799-5150 **Update** The roadway is now clear. SJT Idaho State Police is currently on scene of a blocking injury crash eastbound Interstate 90 at mile post 38.5 in the Cataldo area. Please use caution in the area. An update will be went when the crash is cleared. SJT -----------------------------------
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