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Aiden Fucci, a 14-year-old Florida boy, will be tried as an adult in the alleged first-degree murder of a 13-year-old girl, due to circumstances surrounding the case. Tristyn Bailey showed up at the house of a friend at 12:30 am on Mother´s Day, where Aiden Fucci, his...
In the United States, the legal system acknowledges two bodies of law: civil cases and criminal cases. The former is filed by a private party, which usually is an individual or a corporation, against another private party, where they dispute legal duties and...
Crimes are classified differently according to the severity and seriousness of the offense. This categorization exists to determine the appropriate punishment as it influences the substance and procedure of every criminal charge. Hence the importance of understanding...
Five Objectives of Criminal Law Every day, crimes are committed across the world. Just in 2019, around 8,171,087 crimes were committed in the United States, whether against people, property, or statutes themselves. Criminal Law is the field of Law that deals with...
Most individuals have heard about the following principle - a person is able to protect themselves under certain circumstances, even if that action could be considered as a crime in any other circumstance. In the US legal system, if a person is accused of a violent...
Jermaine Hadley, a Florida man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of several charges involving a drug trafficking organization affiliated with a gang in Gadsden County, Florida, led by him. This organization was responsible for...
It is fair to say that almost all people enjoy having money, using it, keeping it, and making it multiply. Some individuals, however, will go as far as committing crimes for financial gains, to obtain or avoid losing money, property, or services, or to secure a...
Zachary Wester, a former police deputy faced 67 charges, which included racketeering, official misconduct, perjury, fabricating evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia, among other charges, in relation to twelve different victims. Wester was accused of pulling...
Have you ever heard about a crime and thought, "they must have been crazy to do such a thing" - sometimes, they do in fact have a mental situation that can be explained with a medical diagnosis. When crimes such as these are committed, the defense attorney on the case...
As a criminal defense law firm, we're often asked, "how does bail work?" You've probably heard the word "bail" before but may not be completely clear on what it means. According to Nolo.com, "Bail is cash, a bond, or property that an arrested person gives to a court...