In the legal sense, probation refers to the action of suspending a criminal offender’s sentence, and allowing them to be in the community, but under the close supervision of a probation officer. While the convicted offender (probationer) is on probation, he or she is ...
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2013, we had almost 5.7 million traffic collisions in the United States, ...
Under Title 5, Chapter 19 of the Texas Penal Code, there are different degrees of “criminal homicide.” What constitutes criminal homicide? Under Sec. ...
In the criminal justice system we have what is called the arraignment , which is a criminal proceeding where the defendant appears in court, before a ...
Are you a veteran who has a U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Compensation rating of 100% Permanent & Total (P&T)? If so, then you are in luck. The ...
Generally, criminal defendants fall into two main categories: those that are completely innocent of the charges against them, and those that did in ...