December 23, 2011
Everyone has seen it on TV. When a person gets arrested, the police read him his rights. Only a rule this simple could cause so much confusion among people who have been arrested.
The rights everyone is referring to are those provided by the Supreme Court in the Miranda decision. Miranda was a defendant in Arizona [...]
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February 21, 2010
Domestic battery is a serious criminal offense in Illinois. The first offense is a Class A misdemeanor for which the court can sentence the defendant to up to one year in jail and order the defendant to pay a $2,500 fine.
Also, the minimum sentence for domestic battery is a conviction that cannot be expunged or [...]
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