Warrant be Gone!
April 1, 2021 marked the beginning of a glorious opportunity for anyone saddled with a bench warrant in courts in and around Western Washington. This ...
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You’ve Been Cheetoed!
Straight from the pages of the Wild and the Whacky – A woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma is now sitting in jail because she had Cheeto ...
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To Release or Not – a Judge’s Dilemma
Recently, a King County Court Judge released a suspect who allegedly admitted to being responsible for vandalizing a Starbucks coffee shop on President Biden’s inauguration ...
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Trials by Jury Suspended – For Now
On December 4, 2020 amid increasing positive test numbers for Covid-19, Judge Fair, the presiding judge for Snohomish County District Courts, extended the suspension of ...
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But Will it be Retroactive?
Last April the United States Supreme Court ruled that state court juries must be unanimous to convict a defendant of a serious crime. That sage ...
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Halt those Trials!
As the pandemic rages on putting millions at risk, some courts in Washington are taking drastic measures. Case in point, on Friday, the King County ...
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Intervention is the Name of the Game
In Seattle there is a pilot program entitled ‘Domestic Violence Intervention Program’. People ‘in the know’ call it ‘DVIP’. DVIP is a treatment program for ...
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Give me a ‘T’ for Terry
Many folks wonder aloud to SQ Attorneys – What in the pray tell is a “Terry stop”? To that end, here is the answer. In ...
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No Place is Immune
In Washington state work release facilities serve as a bridge between a 24 hour a day jail sentence, and being allowed to have time to ...
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Change is Inevitable, it Seems
As the days and months of protests continue on, at least one U.S. city has taken to a new way of policing. The City of ...
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