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End Arrest Fees
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a practice in a Minnesota county of charging a $25 “booking fee” to those who have been...
The Continuing Saga of Systemic, Prosecutorial Misconduct in Orange County, California
We encourage our readers to carefully follow this unfolding story. ...
Immunity from Criminal Prosecution under Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law
By Rachel May Zysk and Eddie Suarez October 6, 2016 Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law “substantially amended the affirmative defense of justifiable...
We Support the ABA’s Call for the Abolition of For-profit Probation Companies.
It seems to us that certain things should be obvious to rational thinking human beings. One such thing is that the business of administering...
It’s Not Our Expectations, it is Our Courts’ Interpretations that are Unreasonable (but there is hope — see the update at the bottom)
ORIGINAL POST: I don’t think anyone would argue that protecting our privacy these days is getting harder and harder, largely because we can’t...
State of Florida v. Joseph Amore: Our Stand your Ground Motion for Declaration of Statutory Inmunity and our Wrtten Closing Argument
MOTION FOR DECLARATION OF IMMUNITY AND DISMISSAL OF CHARGES AND ACCOMPANYING MEMORANDUM OF LAW The defendant, Joseph Amore, by and through...
Sorry Your Honor, IDK What that Means — LOL.
Language by its very nature is imperfect and imprecise. On top of its inherent ambiguity, we are constantly using language in new and inventive ways...
Re-elect Mark Ober, State Attorney
Every now and then you hear something that makes you scratch your head. We just had that reaction when we heard that someone has decided to run...
Outrageous Conduct
Sometimes you have to wonder if some lawyers actually attended law school or did they get their degrees form the back of a matchbook cover. Perhaps...