Jail is not like what you see in the movies. Most criminal defendants find that jail is just a complete dehumanization of the human spirit. It’s about the government (though its jailers / guards / detention officers) complete control over a person. Jails, focused on security, commonly treat all prisoners as potential threats. They expect […]
Archives for July 2013
Unknowingly transporting drugs
People who transport illegal drugs are commonly called “mules.” People who unknowingly transport drugs are called “blind mules.” For many years, law enforcement denied the existence of blind mules. Thwarting criminal defense lawyer’s attempts to exonerate their clients, they claimed, and testified under oath, that people caught with drugs must have know the drugs were […]
Uninsured motorist coverage for a pedestrian accident
Plaintiff’s personal injury attorneys sometimes represent pedestrians in hit and run accidents. Unfortunately, many people who are not in their car when victimized in a hit and run accident don’t realize that they need to contact a personal injury attorney. That’s because they don’t realize that they likely are covered under their own vehicle’s uninsured […]
Let him without sin cast the first stone
Prosecution means working on a daily basis to punish criminal defendants. And many prosecution offices have broad discretion over when and how to prosecute, which is an important part of our criminal justice system referred to as prosecutorial discretion. As any criminal defense lawyer can tell you, prosecutorial discretion is an important tool and the […]
Tactics in a criminal case – apologizing
One of the biggest decisions in a criminal case is deciding when to fight and when to ask for forgiveness. Almost every criminal defendant will have to decide at some point if the best thing for them to do is accept some kind of plea deal and ask for forgiveness. This is not an easy […]
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