Mistrial Away
What is a mistrial? It isn’t an acquittal. It isn’t a dismissal. And it isn’t a conviction. So what is it? A mistrial is a ...
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- May 20, 2012
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Ex-Miss USA Sentenced
Last month Rima Fakih, the first Arab-American to be crowned Miss USA, pleaded no contest to a December driving while visibly impaired charge in Detroit, ...
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- May 13, 2012
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Law Enforcement Personnel not Immune
As recently evidenced, those who enforce our laws sometimes may find themselves on the other side of the bench. Earlier this month a Seattle police ...
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- May 6, 2012
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DUI Suspect Fatally Shot
Getting arrested and charged for drunk driving or DUI is not insurmountable. Just being “arrested” doesn’t mean the person is going to be “convicted”. In ...
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- April 29, 2012
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Movement to Renew and Revise the VAWA
Criminal laws are always influx and are forever changing. Case in point, on April 26, 2012, the US Senate sent the House a bill to ...
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- April 22, 2012
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A DUI Doesn't have to be Career Ending
Getting a DUI doesn’t have to ruin a person’s life; there is life after a DUI conviction. Making efforts to ensure positive things happen is ...
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- April 15, 2012
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Hit and Run or Run and Hit
In Washington State the crime of hit and run can come in many different forms. There is (1) hit and run of property, (2) hit ...
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- April 7, 2012
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Changes to Domestic Violence Laws Afoot?
This past Monday the state’s top elected Democrats arrived into town to make a case for federal legislation that would expand anti-domestic-violence services to underserved ...
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- April 1, 2012
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6 year Sentence in Fatal DUI Crash
An 18 year old woman who was recently convicted for driving under the influence, crashing her car, and killing three of her best friends, has been ...
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- March 25, 2012
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Firearm Laws – Should they be Stricter?
The shootings of three children over the past month have gun-safety advocates demanding tougher firearms laws in Washington. But on the opposite side of the ...
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