PROPOSITION 57 Proposition 57 was recently passed in California. Proposition 57 increased the chances for felons who were convicted of nonviolent crimes to get paroled. It also allows those felons to have more opportunities to earn credits for good behavior. Furthermore, it allowed judges and not prosecutors to be able to determine when certain juveniles …
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You never think you will need to hire a juvenile defense attorney to help your child fight criminal charges, but it happens. It is a frightening experience when you receive a frantic phone call from your child telling you that they have been arrested or detained under criminal suspicion. Part of you wants yell and …
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Understanding The Remain Silent Right When Genevo Salinas, a suspect of the 1992 murder of brothers Juan and Hector Garza, remained unresponsive to a single question following an hour of police interrogation, he believed he was acting on his Fifth Amendment rights. However, Salinas was convicted on account of his silence when police asked if a …