Monthly Archives: May 2024
You Have The Right To Transparency About The Prosecution’s Case Against You
A criminal trial should be more like a game of chess or checkers and less like a game of Mastermind, Stratego, or Battleship. In other words, you should be able to see all of your opponent’s pieces at all times. Both sides must choose their strategy based on evidence that is available to both… Read More »
Is It Legal To Own A Pill Press?
The identifying characteristic of drug paraphernalia is that it is an ordinary item that, by itself, is perfectly legal to own, but circumstances surrounding the police’s discovery of the item in your possession lead them to suspect that you are using it for the consumption, manufacture, or distribution of illegal drugs. A pipe is… Read More »
Clinical Trials For Medical LSD Are In Progress
If you smoked weed before or during the George W. Bush administration, then you remember a time when certain talkative stoners had a lot to say about the medicinal benefits of weed, and sometimes they could find people who agreed with them. The logic back then, which became a major impetus for the medical… Read More »
The Lack Of Criminal Intent Defense
Long before you were old enough to be tried as an adult in the criminal justice system, an authority figure such as a parent or teacher probably told you that ignorance of the law is not an excuse for breaking it. There are no crimes where you can be acquitted simply by proving that… Read More »