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Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 28, 2022
I have been in the legal field for over 30 years and a paralegal going on eight years. Then, an opportunity came along to work for the County Public Defender’s Office, defending people in misdemeanor, felony, and now the only paralegal in the office on capital cases. To start off, I should make a confession. Take advantage of it.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 5, 2021
For decades, attorneys, activists, academics, and even judges have openly critiqued the War on Drugs and its associated harsh enforcement policies such as mandatory minimum sentencing. The relationship between anti-gun and anti-drug initiatives becomes clear when looking at felony convictions.
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JURIST
JULY 28, 2021
The Switzerland Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on Tuesday dropped a decade-old money laundering investigation exposed by Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died under suspicious circumstances in a Russian jail in 2009. He died in 2009. Lauber was facing impeachment by Swiss parliamentarians. His successor has yet to be appointed.
The Crime Report
APRIL 8, 2022
However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades. But they were still frog-marched into a plea bargain by their defense attorney or the prosecutor or the judge or some combination thereof. Photo by Brandy Brewer.
At the Lectern
JANUARY 3, 2021
to settle an important question of law.” But offering the court an important legal issue is not alone enough to get a case heard. Some superior court judges even agreed with those district attorneys, ruling SB 1437 to be in violation of the state constitution. ” (Rule 8.500 (b)(1).) Apparently not.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Several times a year, the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) publishes research reports on the federal criminal justice system. These reports are part of the Commission’s statutory mandate and provide vital information and analysis to attorneys, scholars and the public. percent serious felony violations (grade A), 31.5
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. The judge ruled Friday afternoon that the prior citizen’s arrest law requires that the arrest would have to occur right after any felony crime was committed. 17-4-60 (2010) 17-4-60.
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