Motorists Encouraged to Use Caution on U.S. 20 through Rexburg
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View ArticleTips from Denver DUI Attorney Shaun Kaufman: What Not To Do If Pulled Over...
What Not to Do Do not have empty bottles in the car. That may give the officers cause to pull you out and look closely at you for DUI, or possession of an open liquor container. Do not instantly turn...
View ArticleNew Study Finds That State Crime Labs Are Paid Per Conviction
Original Article Doesn't surprise us one bit. It's not a "justice" system, it's an INjustice system! 08/29/2013 By Radley Balko I've previously written about the cognitive bias problem in state crime...
View ArticleTX - Dept. of Criminal Justice Correctional Officer (Cory Colvin) arrested...
Cory Colvin Original Article 09/01/2013 UPSHUR COUNTY (KLTV) - An East Texas correctional officer is behind bars and is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. According to Upshur County...
View ArticleMichigan Driver's License Restoration Lawyer - Clinical and Legal Training -...
In part 1 of this article, I began outlining my views on what it takes to be a Michigan driver's license restoration lawyer. I pointed out that the primary legal issue in a license appeal, that you...
View ArticleUtah (re)considering its approaches to sex offender sentencing
The Salt Lake Tribune has this notable new article about its prison population and sex offender sentencnig under the headline "Utah sex offender policy in spotlight as numbers soar: More prisoners,...
View ArticleNew hearing ordered by Montana judge in case involving controversial 30-day...
As reported in this local article, headlined "Judge orders new hearing on controversial rape sentencing," a high-profile state sentencing case from Montana took another notable twist this afternoon....
View ArticleDetrich v. Ryan, No. 08-99001 (9-3-13)(en banc)(W. Fletcher and plurality with Pregerson, Reinhardt and Christen; concurrence by Nguyen; concurrence by Watford; dissent by Graber joined by Kozinski,...
View ArticleCarduck on Plea Bargaining's Future in Germany
Vanessa J. Carduck (University of Cologne) has posted Quo Vadis, German Criminal Justice System? The Future of Plea Bargaining in Germany on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For over three decades, plea...
View ArticleInformation regarding the incident to which Officer McKeon was responding to...
In this criminal action, a motor vehicle accident occurred in June 2007at the intersection of Hungry Harbor Road and Rosedale Road in North Woodmere, New York. An officer was responded to an emergency...
View ArticleTexas Legislature Cracks Down on Regulation of Internet Mugshot Publishers
214-402-4364-Writ Bond Hotline bo@kalabuslaw.comwww.rosenthalwadas.com www.kalabuslaw.com Office: 972-562-7549 Starting September 1, 2013, there is new law regarding the publishing of mugshots and...
View ArticleEagly on Criminal Justice for Noncitizens
Ingrid V. Eagly (UCLA School of Law) has posted Criminal Justice for Noncitizens: An Analysis of Variation in Local Enforcement (New York University Law Review, Vol. 88, 2013, Forthcoming) on SSRN....
View ArticleMultiple crimes are charged
A Bronx Grand Larceny Lawyer said that, defendant was arrested on December 31, 1986 and charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree,...
View ArticleMO - Editorial: Political courage needed to reform Missouri's sex-offender...
Rep. Chris Kelly Original Article 08/30/2013 The phony “tough-on-crime” environment could prevent Missouri lawmakers from doing what they should to reform the state’s sex-offender registry. There is no...
View ArticleSex offenders aren't all monsters
Original Article 09/03/2013 By Dianne Frazee-Walker Most law-abiding citizens would agree that sex-offenders should be locked-up and the key thrown away or once a child molester is released from prison...
View ArticleAppeals Court Agrees Craigslist Posting Specific Enough for Criminal Threat...
I was interested to read a recent case about how specific a defendant must be in his or her speech to “make a threat” under federal criminal law. This issue came up in United States v. Stock, a case...
View ArticleNM - Former New Mexico Probation Officer (Gordon Chavez) Pleads Guilty to...
Gordon Chavez Original Article 09/03/2013 ALBUQUERQUE - Gordon Chavez, 35, a former probation officer with the New Mexico Department of Corrections Division of Probation and Parole, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleNY - Second Circuit panel hints that SORNA might be subject to some Commerce...
Original Article 09/03/2013 A helpful reader alerted me to a notable Second Circuit panel opinion today in US v. Robbins, No. 12-3148 (2d Cir. Sept. 3, 2013) (available here), in which the court hints...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Backs Obama Syria Policy
I obviously disagree with the policy, but I also have to question the politics of this: Secretary Clinton supports the presidents effort to enlist the Congress in pursuing a strong and targeted...
View ArticleVIDEO - Who Are the Sex Offenders Among Us?
Video Description: "One out of three children are abused by the time they're 18," says Pennie Farrell, L.C.S.W., Ph.D., a practicing sex offender treatment provider. On this short video learn the truth...
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