When you are accused of a felony in New York State, your local district attorney will need to get an indictment from the grand jury before they can take you to court. It is important to understand that it is possible for someone who is not indicted to still go to trial, but it…
There may come a time in your life when your employment situation is not as stable as you would like it to be and you have to rely on state unemployment benefits to survive. In the transition from being unemployed to fully employed, there might be those part-time jobs that help put money in…
In the United States, we like to think that our justice system is infallible when it comes to protecting the innocent from the guilty. But every year, thousands of people are jailed despite overwhelming evidence that they are innocent of their crimes. It can be truly frustrating to be faced with the possibility of…
When you get arrested for DWI, you are getting arrested for a misdemeanor but it will still affect your life in many different ways. Throughout New York State, the courts have leeway when it comes to parking tickets or even speeding tickets. A normally good driver can have the option of getting a speeding…
To be falsely accused of any type of domestic violence or abuse crime is not something to be taken lightly. Before your case is even heard by a judge, your reputation within your community could be ruined. Thanks to social media, your reputation outside of your community is also in jeopardy. Why do people…
Thanks to decades of television and movies, almost every American is familiar with the Miranda Rights. This is the advisement of rights that are given by a police officer to a suspect prior to being taken into custody. But are the Miranda rights required every time an officer pulls out the handcuffs, and what…
Getting arrested for a crime can cause a lot of thoughts to go shooting through your head. You try to remember where you were on a specific night, what you may have been doing, and whether or not you even know the person in question. If you were intoxicated or under the influence of…
Domestic violence can leave emotional and physical scars that never really heal. In many cases, the victim is only interested in putting the incident behind them and getting away from the defendant. Even when the victim wants justice, it is not always easy to bring that situation into a courtroom where it can become…
There are two sides to every story, but we often only get one side in the media. When we see stories about children left in cars, it usually involves irresponsible parents who went off partying or simply forgot about their children. But normally responsible people can also find themselves in a situation where they…
A man wakes up after a rather vivid dream about fighting off a group of attackers to find that his wife has been strangled to death. The man has a history of sleepwalking, but he refuses to believe he could have done such a thing. After an investigation by the police and a trial,…