Expunging Record Provides New Lease on Life
A criminal record haunts you for the rest of your life. It can affect your ability to get a job, take out a car loan, obtain a home mortgage, rent an apartment, vote, obtain a professional license, run for political office and even get a credit card. A criminal record is public. Everyone from your […]
DUI Troubles for the Vick Family
Marcus Vick, professional athlete and brother to former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, was arrested and charged with drunken driving (DUI) and resisting in arrest. Vick was pulled over after an altercation with a female companion and then attempted to drive off, but he was later caught up with and after failing sobriety tests was charged […]
Singer R. Kelly Acquitted of Sex Crimes
Jurors weren’t 100% sure that the man in the child pornography video was R&B superstar R. Kelly. Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges today in a case that dragged slowly through the court system, repeatedly snaring headlines. Kelly and his alleged under-aged partner both steadfastly denied that they were the people depicted in the explicit pornographic […]
Hon. Alex Kozinski and the Challenge for Judges
Hon. Alex Kozinski, the 9th Circuit Court Chief Judge, has recently found himself in some serious trouble. He posted some sexual content on the Internet, photos and videos, which were discovered by the prosecuting attorney. The case was an obscenity trial in Los Angeles federal court and seeing as how the judge had many images and […]
Child Abuse and California Law
In 2006, according to a report by the California Department of Social Services, 140 children died in the state as a result of abuse or neglect. In fact, there were over 450,000 reported cases of abuse in California that year. In 2005, 3.3 million cases of abuse were reported to Child Protective Services throughout the […]
Internet Providers Fight Child Porn
The nation’s biggest internet providers have agreed to fight online child pornography by shutting down websites and limiting access to internet bulletin boards. The agreement follows an 8-month investigation of internet pornography by the New York attorney general. Time Warner Cable, Verizon Communications and Sprint Nextel made the joint announcement yesterday. They agreed to develop […]
Police Corruption, Muddying the Legal Waters
The State of California, as well as the City of Los Angeles, have a number of laws in place governing everything from DUI standards to weapons charges. However, there’s a major problem that arises from time to time that ruins not only the system, but the public’s trust in that system. That problem is police […]
Broadcom Founder Indicted on Drug Charge
The co-founder of Broadcom, one of Southern California’s largest technology firms, has been indicted for using and distributing illegal drugs in his home. Henry Nicholas and Broadcom’s former CFO William Ruehle were also indicted in an alleged stock option back-dating scheme. Nicholas surrendered to federal law enforcement officers late last week.
Personal use of illegal drugs is […]
AG’s Plan Aims to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse
This week California Attorney General Edmund Brown announced a plan to curb prescription drug abuse. Prescription drugs are the most abused drugs in America, particularly among teens, young adults, women and seniors. Brown’s plan would make patients’ prescription drug histories available to doctors and pharmacies on an internet data base. The data base would be […]
Oldest Parental Kidnapping Case Finally Resolved
The oldest parental kidnapping case in the country was finally resolved a year ago. In 1993, Mary Jane Byrd fled with her 4-year-old daughter shortly after a Washington D.C. judge ordered that the girl’s father be allowed visitation rights. The father, Charles Dodd, was subsequently awarded full custody of his daughter, but it took U.S. […]
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