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Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 28, 2022
I have been in the legal field for over 30 years and a paralegal going on eight years. 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. Preparing legal memorandums is one of my favorite things to do.
LawSites
JUNE 6, 2023
Over and over again, she saw clients put in the hard work to get out of the criminal justice system and rebuild their lives, only to have doors slammed in their faces because of their records. Last year, Rasa was selected as the 2022 Access to Justice winner at the American Legal Technology Awards. Last month, Inc.
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The Crime Report
AUGUST 20, 2021
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. Rebecca Brown is Policy Director of the Innocence Project.
The Crime Report
JULY 22, 2021
For example, a collection of evidence about a single felony offense will be broken down into separate misdemeanor offenses labeled as separate “acts.” Even though a judge, prosecutor and defendant agree it was only one criminal act, the multiple misdemeanors would be honored to lessen the penalty, yet still get a semblance of justice.
FDA Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
First, regardless of Park, under the FDC Act, any individual who commits an FDC Act violation can be held liable for a strict liability misdemeanor, regardless of whether the individual is a responsible corporate officer. Therefore, as a matter of proof, DOJ can obtain a misdemeanor conviction even when a jury acquits on a felony.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Supervised release , by contrast, is a term of supervision that follows imprisonment , applicable to any defendant convicted of a felony or grade-A misdemeanor. percent misdemeanor and technical violations (grade C), while I found the rates for probation violators were 6.99 This formal difference has a substantive impact. percent, 28.07
The Crime Report
MAY 28, 2021
Moreover, immigration screening, although it takes place in jails, is not accompanied by the same procedural protections as criminal law that is meant to stop government overreach. Although he explained he is a legal U.S. citizen to employees at the jail, he had no way of legally contesting the detainer while in custody.
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