Whether you are in the pre-sentencing stage or have been convicted of a crime, the judge may have opted to put you on probation as opposed to imprisonment. There are certain legal restrictions that you will have to observe such as abstaining from the illegal use of...
Month: February 2017
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Former Ohio cop faces probation after DUI charges reduced
A former police officer is in a battle to reclaim his job with the Cleveland police department. It is not clear how that fight will be affected by his recent plea of no contest to a misdemeanor charge of being in physical control of a vehicle while under the...
Do people who finish high school get less time in prison?
Perhaps you've been arrested on a minor criminal charge. Your court date is coming soon and some people you talk to say it won't matter if you have a good lawyer or not, since you're an "upstanding citizen" and got your degree. The judge will probably go softer on...