Criminal Law

We tend to think of the holidays as times of fun, celebration, parties, comfort food and companionship. Yet, things don’t always go as we hoped; and for a few of the unluckiest Americans, the holidays can be wrecked if a loved one is arrested and placed in jail. Being arrested around the holidays presents all sorts of problems, both for the person accused of a crime and for the family members who work to get them out of jail. Unfortunately, things can be made more difficult than they would be …

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Our nation’s criminal justice system (and on the flip side, our freedoms) is an outlier compared to other first world countries. One of the statistics frequently used when discussing the stark difference between the U.S. and the rest of the world goes as follows - the United States has less than five percent of the world’s population, but we currently have nearly one-fourth of the world’s prison population. This statistic is confounding when you consider the fact that the United States …

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In many ways, the debate over gun-free zones are a reflection of the debate of many gun laws in the United States. Specifically, are people who observe these well-intentioned laws more likely to become victims at the hands of criminals? In a gun-free zone, it is only the criminals that will be armed, putting potential victims under even greater threat from gun violence. Do gunmen target gun-free zones for this reason, or are they motivated by other factors? These questions are extensions of …

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