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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

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

JURIST

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc ón announced formal charges against Los Angeles Councilmember Curren Price Jr. According to the felony criminal complaint , the state charges Price with two counts of conflict of interest. on Tuesday.

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NYC Transit Safety Endangered by Reforms, Reduced Enforcement: Paper

The Crime Report

Gelinas noted that although subway ridership plummeted to as low as 9 percent in the spring of 2020 as a result of the pandemic, the per-capita risk of becoming a victim of a violent felony tripled. felonies fell by 15 percent?helped More than two-thirds of the felony charges filed in 2019 were for non-violent offenses.

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Seller of firearm used in Texas synagogue attack pleads guilty to firearm charges

JURIST

Henry “Michael” Dwight Williams pled guilty to felony possession of a firearm. Akram to Mr. Williams, we are grateful to the many law enforcement agencies and personnel that traced the weapon’s nefarious source.” Williams sold a semiautomatic Taurus G2C pistol to Malik Faisal Akram, a British citizen.

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Can the ‘War’ on Gun Violence Learn From the Mistakes of the War on Drugs?

The Crime Report

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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The ‘Assembly-Line’ Justice of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

This despite the fact that we know myriad innocent people charged with felonies plead guilty. Most importantly, we need to decide as a society whether we value shortcuts or justice in our criminal legal system, because we’ve proven we can’t have both. Somil Trivedi is Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project.

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The Secret Success of Federal Probationers

The Crime Report

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

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