Domestic violence is defined by the Florida Statute 741.28, as “any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical...
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Differences Between a Civil And a Criminal Case
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...
How Are Crimes Classified?
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...
Case Reviewed After Wrongfully Convicting a Man.
30 years had to pass for Thomas Raynard James to have a chance of proving he was wrongfully convicted for first-degree murder. The Miami-Dade State Attorney´s Office is now reviewing the case of Thomas James. It is argued that Miami police confused Thomas Raynard...
Five Objectives of Criminal Law
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...
Common Causes of Wrongful Conviction
One of the objectives of Criminal Law prosecution is Incapacitation, which means restricting a person´s freedom as punishment for a certain criminal act. Ideally, only people who are guilty would be convicted and punished accordingly. However, it is fair to say that...
Everything You Need to Know About Money Laundering.
What is Money Laundering? Money Laundering is defined as a type of financial transaction (or transactions) that are conducted to hide, conceal, disguise, or process money that was originally obtained through criminal or unlawful activities. It is also considered a...
What is Self-Defense?
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...
Florida Man Sentenced to Thirty Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and DogFighting.
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...
Florida Man Sentenced for Evading Taxes.
Dusko Bruer, a businessman, and owner of the company American Made Equipment was recently sentenced to twenty-four months in prison after being charged with evading taxes and failing to report foreign financial accounts from 2006 through 2015. He pled guilty on both...






