Probation, Explained
If you have pled or been found guilty at trial, you may be facing a punishment known as probation. Probation is an out-of-custody punishment that begins the moment your sentencing hearing ends. Once you leave the courtroom after sentencing, here is what you can expect:
Your first responsibility after...
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“Can I Help?” What Role Do Accused Persons Play In Their Defense?
Fighting criminal allegations is much like fighting an illness. When you are sick, your doctor cannot effectively treat you if you do not tell your doctor the truth about what is wrong with you and take the medication the doctor prescribes. You have to help your doctor treat you. Similarly, you have...
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Why Did I Get Kicked Off Jury Duty?
Assuming a criminal defendant’s case is not dismissed or deferred, that person has two choices: accept a plea or go to trial. If the defendant chooses to go to trial, the trial will need a finder of fact. Finders of fact listen to the evidence presented in a trial, make a decision...
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How Do Judges Determine Punishment?
When someone enters a guilty plea, a no contest plea, or is found guilty at trial, they have been convicted of a crime. After a conviction, that person appears at a sentencing hearing during which a judge explains what the punishment will be. Normally, sentencing results in a judge placing the convicted...
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How Can Karen Friedman Angifilo Defend Luigi Mangione?
You can’t open a newspaper or go to a social media homepage right now without reading about Luigi Mangione, the young man accused of shooting former United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson. The Manhattan district attorney’s office charged Luigi Mangione with eleven charges, including first degree murder in furtherance of terrorism. Karen...
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