If you or a loved one has an upcoming federal sentencing hearing, you may have some questions about this process. Because of the seriousness of most any federal case, the sentencing hearing is probably the most important thing that will happen in the case.
If you or a loved one has been contacted by the US Marshals to turn yourself in for an arraignment, you know first hand how scary having federal charges can be.
One minute you are living your life as normal, the next minute your home could be raided and you get caught completely off guard. You may be particularly surprised if you have stopped any criminal behavior and said goodbye to that lifestyle.
If you have ever seen the movie Wolf of Wall Street, you have seen one of many versions of white collar crime.
The term “white collar crime” gets its name from the type of people who generally are business professionals that wear shirts with white collars. I am envisioning freshly ironed, dry cleaned, crisp, starched white dress shirts under an expensive business suit… but that isn’t always the case.
Embezzlement sounds like one of those words that come up only in the legal arena.
You’ve probably heard of someone embezzling money, but what exactly does this mean?
Embezzlement sounds like one of those words that come up only in the legal arena.
You’ve probably heard of someone embezzling money, but what exactly does this mean?
If you or a loved one has been released from jail with the special conditions of electronic monitoring, you may be wondering how exactly having an ankle monitor works.
You may remember a couple years ago when a substitute teacher in Colleton County was accused of being inappropriate with her male students.
Arraignment. It’s one of those legal terms that we don’t use in our normal conversations with friends and family, but it is an important one.
You are waiting in line to pay for a drink at the Exxon when someone suddenly comes in and says, “This is a stick up! I have a gun! Empty the cash register!”
Let’s say you or someone you know is between the ages of 17 and 25 and up until now have gone their whole life with no criminal record. But they did something incredibly stupid, or just made a bad judgement call that resulted in an arrest.
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