If you stand accused of a crime, it is important to understand the full range of consequences you could face. Especially when offered a plea deal, it can be easy to zone in on the immediate sentence and perhaps consider it a deal worth accepting. Yet the consequences...
Month: February 2025
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Is a hot pursuit justification to enter private property?
The Fourth Amendment generally protects people from inappropriate searches of their property, as well as questionable seizures of their assets. Police officers can conduct searches when they have warrants or permission from individuals. They can also conduct searches...
Eyewitnesses often make critical mistakes
The justice system is set up to err on the side of allowing guilty people to go free in order to avoid false convictions. However, it’s very clear that these false convictions still happen. For instance, DNA evidence has exonerated hundreds of people who were...