When living as an alien in a foreign country, understanding your legal rights and obligations is crucial for navigating potential challenges. This comprehensive exploration delves into various legal domains, offering insights into the rights, legal procedures, and supportive resources available to aliens, ensuring they can live and thrive under the protection of the law. Aliens […]
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Understanding Age of Consent Laws: A Comprehensive Legal Insight
Navigating the complexities of age of consent laws can be challenging due to their variations across different jurisdictions. These laws are crucial for protecting young people from exploitation and abuse, while also defining the legal age at which an individual is considered capable of consenting to sexual activities. This comprehensive guide offers insights into the […]
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Define “Likely” – The Sexually Violent Predator Law
PRO or CON By Chris Finnie – former Contributing Author to Crime, Justice and America magazine. Originally published in 2002 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine In 1996, California passed the “sexually violent predator” law, which allows the state to evaluate prisoners convicted of multiple violent sex offenses, and transfer them […]
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Wages of Sin – Profiting In Prison
By John Riley – former contributing author for Crime, Justice and America magazine. Originally published in 2002 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine “Son of Sam” laws are meant to prevent criminals from profiting from their crimes. The law gets its name from the pseudonym of David Berkowitz, the infamous Son […]
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A Giant Leap for ADA?
PRO or CON By Chris Finnie – former Contributing Author to Crime, Justice and America magazine. Originally published in 2002 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine In July of this year, two California inmates filed a suit with the Ninth Circuit of Appeals saying that the parole board was discriminating against […]
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YOU’VE GOT MALE!
Do Inmates Have The Right To Father Children? PRO or CON By Chris Finnie – former Contributing Author to Crime, Justice and America magazine. Originally published in 2002 and reposted with permission from Crime, Justice and America magazine Male Order Male? Over the years, a number of issues on the rights of prisoners have been […]
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