LAT on Prop. 36: Compared to What? Part II

LAT on Prop. 36: Compared to What? Part II

  The jumping off point is a long article published in the LA Times today (4/1/07) on Prop. 36, the 2000 California initiative that allows first- and second-time nonviolent drug offenders to be  sentenced to drug treatment rather than incarceration. The article.

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Child Pornography Offenses: How Do People Get Caught?

Jared Forgle: How People Get Arrested For Child Porn Crimes In August, the former spokesperson for the Subway sandwich chain, Jared Fogle, was arrested on federal charges. Fogle was accused of paying money to engage in explicit sexual acts with children. He.

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Nevada Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases

The statute of limitations bars prosecutors from pursuing criminal charges against defendants for very old crimes. A statute of limitations is necessary for many reasons.  People should not be forced to spend their lives worried about being accused of wrongful behavior from.

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Tighter Gun Laws Are Kicked Around Again

Tighter Gun Laws Are Kicked Around Again

Wash. Rinse. Repeat It doesn't take a mathematician to figure out if there are no guns, there won't be any deaths from firearms. It's common sense. Taking it a step further, it's easy to see the states with the most gun laws.

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Investment Fraud

The focus of many white-collar criminal offenses is fraud. However, fraud itself is not a crime, it is simply a “concept” that is an integral aspect of several criminal statutes. Fraud is at the core of a variety of federal criminal statutes:.

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How to get an arrest warrant removed

Not much is scarier than knowing you can be arrested at any moment. When the federal, state or local law enforcement has an arrest warrant with your name on it, you can be picked up immediately if you meet the police. Regardless.

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Lawyer Explains Laws

CA 3d on Prop. 36 Procedures

A curious case on Prop. 36 out of the California Third District Court of Appeal today: People v. Hartley , C053925. The appellants in this case were on Prop. 36 probation in Yolo County, on their way to successful completion of the program..

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