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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

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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. So, what are the things we do that get YOU thinking this could be the best career decision you make as a Criminal Law Paralegal?

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Los Angeles district attorney charges city councilmember with embezzlement and perjury

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According to the felony criminal complaint , the state charges Price with two counts of conflict of interest. The complaint alleges that Price entered into contracts while acting in his official capacity that he had a financial interest in.

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“Not Evidence”: Federal Judge Denies Hunter Biden Motions to Dismiss Tax Charges in Stinging Rebuke

JonathanTurley

It was allowing the statute of limitations to run despite having an agreement on the table to keep potential felonies alive. The immunity provision is not one exempted from the term of the contract under the survival clause.” The court found that the agreement fell apart before preconditions were met. It is null and void.

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Garland’s Ultimate Test of Principle: Will DOJ Send the Hunter Biden Perjury Allegations to a Grand Jury?

JonathanTurley

” He used that document as part of his contract with Porsche Financial Services for a sports car. Ordinarily, a prosecutor pursuing a defendant in two different felony cases would jump at any alleged illegality. That would seem pretty clear and well-founded allegations for a referral to the Justice Department.

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Bragg and the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution: Why the Trump Trial Could End With a Hung Jury

JonathanTurley

Bragg has achieved the same effect by regenerating a dead misdemeanor on falsifying business records as 34 felony counts. The payment of a couple hundred thousand to kill stories is considered a cost of doing business for most celebrities, particularly those who have television contracts with provisions allowing cancellation for scandals.

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Will the Real Hunter Biden Now Step Forward?

JonathanTurley

Even the mainstream media has largely abandoned its denial of the corruption in these contracts. The Justice Department has allowed felonies to lapse against Hunter, but these would be new potential charges with new dates under the statute of limitation.

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The Closing: Trump’s Final Argument Must Be Clarity to Chaos in Merchan’s Courtroom

JonathanTurley

It was then zapped back into life in the form of roughly three dozen felonies by claiming that bookkeeping violations — allegedly hiding payments to Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence about a supposed affair with Trump — were committed to hide another crime. The government could have called Weisselberg, but did not.