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- Crimes In-Depth
- Proof & Defenses in Criminal Cases
- Steps in a Criminal Case: Arrest to Sentencing
- Rights of Suspects & Defendants
- Plea Bargains
- What's the Sentence for this Crime?
- Jail, Prison, Fines, Community Service, and Alternatives
- Sentencing Hearings and Probation Reports
- Probation
- The Juvenile Justice System
- Expungement & Criminal Records
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Arrest warrants, booking, jail, bail and "OR," grand juries, arraignment, and preliminary hearings.
In many criminal cases, a plea bargain for a reduced sentence may make sense.
If you've ever been arrested you know the first thing to do is get out of jail. Here's how.
Court-appointed lawyers ("PDs"),private counsel, representing yourself, how to work with your lawyer.
Most defendants really need a lawyer, but sometimes you can handle it yourself.
Sometimes you need a reality check: an objective perspective on what is likely to happen should your case go to trial.
Police questioning, search & seizure, street frisks, car searches.
Learn when police officers must obtain a warrant before they search your home or other property.
Do the police have to "read you your rights?" What happens if they don't?
When your record is sealed, or expunged, most of the time it's as if it never happened. The rules are different for every state.
You may be able to have your past criminal or arrest record(s) sealed. Learn how it's done.
It's not always automatic. Learn how to "erase" a juvenile criminal record.
Cruelty to Animals
You want to help--be sure to do it in an effective and legal way.
There's a difference between neglect and cruelty, but both can be crimes.
Despite widespread revelations of dogs maimed and killed in the grisly business of dog fighting, the cruelty goes on.
New attention has been focused on preventing suffering during the use of animals in scientific research.
Our assumptions about animal cruelty can be challenged when religious or cultural differences are invoked to justify killing an animal.
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