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5 Ways College Drinking Can Get You Arrested
By Andrew Chow, Esq. | Last updated on
Heading off to college means trying new things, and that often includes alcohol. But irresponsible college drinking can get you arrested, and the consequences...
Man Gets 30 Days in Jail for Collecting Rainwater
By Andrew Lu | Last updated on
Gary Harrington will be spending the next 30 days in jail for collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his property. The Oregon man was found guilty two weeks...
Mom Guilty of Murder After Son Dies in Hot Car
By Deanne Katz, Esq. | Last updated on
Leaving a child inside a hot car is a crime in most states. Mollie Shouse may be the first person in Kentucky convicted of murder for doing it. Last year...
5 Reasons Prosecutors Drop Criminal Charges
By Andrew Lu | Last updated on
Just because you've been initially charged with a crime, does not necessarily mean that the prosecutor will move forward and prosecute you for the crime. In...
Man Kills Girlfriend for Revealing She's HIV+
By Deanne Katz, Esq. | Last updated on
Not telling your sex partners that you are HIV positive is a pretty terrible, but does it justify murder? That's the question Larry Dunn Jr. is probably...
Legal for Police to Read My Text Messages?
By Deanne Katz, Esq. | Last updated on
The question of whether police can your read text messages hasn't gotten any clearer since the Supreme Court declined to decide the issue back in 2010. The...