A police officer arresting someone does not automatically lead to their prosecution. Officers will need to present whatever evidence they have collected during their interactions with that individual to a prosecutor. The prosecutor must then determine whether that...
Driving under the influence (DUI) is a criminal offense that is both common and dangerous. Although most DUI charges stem from someone getting caught driving under the influence because of bad driving habits, the laws prohibiting impaired driving exist because of the...
No one wants impaired drivers on the road. And none of us want to be wrongfully convicted of a crime we did not commit. The field sobriety test (FST) was developed by the National Highway and Safety Administration to detect impairment in drivers. Even when this test...
Many states that have previously taken a hardline approach toward the possession and use of marijuana find themselves in a complicated legal position now that the federal Farm Act has legalized industrial hemp products. Both marijuana and industrial hemp are...
These days, the most sophisticated crimes aren't pulled off with coordinated planning and guns -- they're accomplished via a computer keyboard and the internet. We're talking about computer crimes. Computer crimes started to gain attention back in the 1980s as hackers...
White collar crimes involve things like embezzlement, fraud, money laundering and other similar acts. They often provoke a lot of strong emotional reactions these days, in part because so many people have been victimized by large pyramid schemes, insider trading...
Bail for criminal defendants around the nation has become a hugely debated issue -- but not for the reason you might think. Many defense attorneys and civil rights advocates believe that the cash bail system is unfair. By allowing those who can afford to pay for bail...
As Midwesterners, most of us are socialized to be both polite and accommodating – especially when interacting with authority figures. We understand that getting out of a traffic ticket or similar situation can sometimes be accomplished with a smile and an...
