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Department of Justice Southern District of Ohio, Jun 19, 2007 Cook told bank personnel that he would initiate an investigation of the fraudulent check. Instead, Cook left the bank and shredded the

August 24, 2009

Detainees in the military’s Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba were appointed military attorneys for their defense. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has worked hand-in-hand...

August 17, 2009

According to the United States Constitution, anyone who cannot afford a lawyer can have one appointed to him or her (free of charge) by the state in which they live. This can be for either prosecution...

Guns are still dangerous and controversial; and your Senators obviously agree.  Recently, they narrowly defeated a bill that would have allowed gun owners with concealed weapons permits in their home states to carry those weapons across borders into states that...

 

Criminal Defense Lawyer.com

Being in a criminal act can be a serious and dramatic situation for anyone involved. Whether you have committed a crime or know someone who has, you have rights to protect under the Law.

Here are spotlights highlighting important areas pertaining to Criminal Law.

July 20, 2009

When their 15-month-old daughter, Ava, got sick, parents Carl and Raylene Worthington did not take her to see a doctor or medical professional. Though she had pneumonia...

 

August 3, 2009

Allen Stanford, a financier who was recently accused of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, announced on Friday that he was replacing his criminal defense lawyer. The Texas man denies any wrongdoing...

July 27, 2009

Many legal professionals and professors agree that juries around the country hate it when a defendant pleas “insanity” in a criminal defense case. This is because of the very nature...

June 23, 2009

After the recent Democratic election to the White House, many civil libertarians and...

June 18, 2009

Currently, the state of North Carolina and many others in the United States of America...

June 16, 2009

Three members of a vigilante organization to oust immigrants to the United States each...

June 8, 2009

A murder trial began today as jury members were selected for the case in Boulder, Colorado. Nearly...

The recent high-profile case, which is being called the Commonwealth v. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter...

With the rise of criminal prosecutions of elected officials, most notably the trial and impeachment of Illinois’ governor, Rod Blagojevich, many politicians are worrying about the necessity of setting aside funds for criminal investigations and prosecutions.

Monday April 20, 2009

In a recent high profile case, involving the murder of former Baltimore City Councilman, Kenneth Harris, certain incriminating evidence may be excluded from the trial. In October, a city homicide detective put in a request to a District Court judge for a suspect’s DNA.

Tuesday April 14, 2009

The 45-year-old man convicted of killing eight people in a nursing home last month was recently indicted by a grand jury in North Carolina.  In a rampage, the man killed seven nursing home residents and a nurse at the Pinelake

In a Wisconsin murder trial, the prosecuting attorney is recruiting women who are 5 feet 8 inches tall and weigh 140 pounds to prove that a murder suspect did, in fact, kill his wife...

Staff Writer, Feb 09, 2009 Newborn drowned in toilet, Washington teen is charged with committing the

Staff Writter, Jan 20, 2009 In the fall of 2008 it was reported nationally that about 195,000 of the State’s nurses had not undergone a background