Justice System Archive

There are times when one turns on the television and hears stories that seem to be beyond human comprehension. The story of the three girls being kept captive for ten years in a Cleveland home …

From my point of view, I think that parents are responsible for crimes their children commit. It is the right and the responsibility of parents to teach them manners and to improve their behaviors while …

Should a felony conviction automatically prevent someone from obtaining work?  No; not unless society is ready and willing to support them because they can’t pay their own way. When a felon applies for a job …

Without a doubt race played the leading role in the George Zimmerman case. Mr. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, took it upon himself to follow and harass Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager. Zimmerman spotted Trayvon …

It is a sad reality today that domestic abuse is on the rise. The airwaves are full of stories of battered women, being hurt or killed by partners that are out of control. Celebrities get …

The three oldest professions in human history are farming, politics and prostitution. Ever since, man came to understand the power of money; women quickly understood that they have something that men would pay for. Prostitution …

Mafia families in the United States began a rise in perceived power after the Italian Mafia first implemented a presence in the United States in the late 19th century. By the turn of the century, …

It is the responsibility of any defense lawyer to present his client’s actions in the best possible light. Where there is no reasonable doubt about the means or opportunity in a particular case, the lawyer …

The most current information on state laws and cell phone usage can be found at the Governors Highway Safety Association website. To find out the exact laws in any particular state its advisable to visit …

I believe that there are circumstances that would warrant jail time, but mandatory minimums are not right. For example, a high school senior or a college freshman arrested with a couple of grams of Marijuana in a school …

Although it’s unpopular, the verdict handed down by the Casey Anthony jury was correct. Simply stated, the prosecution failed to prove their case against her. First, the cause of the 2-year-olds death was undetermined. Second, …

Some people believe it to be appalling that convicted criminals be allowed to personally benefit from their publications. Others have no problem with it at all. So when one is answering whether or not the convicted …

Guns and crime, crime and guns. This debate takes me back to the old T.V Sitcom “All in the Family”. Archie Bunker, as ignorant and pigheaded as he was, would sometimes make a valid point. …

A new bride who allegedly pushed her husband off a cliff has been released from jail pending trial on charges of second-degree murder. Jordan Linn Graham, 22, was placed in her parents’ custody after a …

People who have been done wrong deserve restitution. A broken window must be replaced, and worse crimes cause worse damage that must be repaid. It is, after all, not the fault of the victim that …

A roster with the names of some of the most notorious mafia families in the United States would read like a V-I-P List. For these men of infamous renown have been touted as philanthropists and …

I write this article to add a “New Zealand” perspective to this controversial subject. New Zealand currently does not have capital punishment. It has life imprisonment. ‘THE POSITIVES” The cost of capital punishment: The Department …

Rape can be among the most devastating things that can befall a woman. Far too many people believe that rape is a sexual event. While the event is sexual in nature that is not what …

The human psyche is a fragile little thing. Every man and woman on this planet is governed by a few set of rules that we all attempt to live our lives by. Our moral compass. …

This question could be worded slightly differently and then debated; it would provide intriguing schools of argument which would have a sound foundation and hold certain merit. It all depends on one’s considered view about …

Here is a quote said by John Quincy Adams the sixth president of the United States of America, “The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they …

Prostitutes are commonly portrayed as seedy, drug-addled, dirty, disease ridden underworld denizens.  Perhaps many are.  But why are they this way? Because they are earning a living illegally.  Like illegal immigrants they must fly below …

There I was, eight months pregnant, baby kicking in my belly, almost time for my husband and I to close shop on that Sunday afternoon and head home where I could rest my weary swollen …

Mafia is a criminal organization which operates in illegal activities such as gambling, extortion, corruption, kidnapping, murders, drug-trafficking and prostitution. It is largely feared in the United States of America as it has a wide …

There was a time when the world could not get enough of one Orenthal James Simpson. O.J. Simpson, better known as “The Juice,” was one of the most prolific runners in the history of the …

So someone who isn’t afraid to die gets the blessing of being put to death through lethal injection while the rest of us have to mourn the loss of a loved one for the rest …

Being an ex-felon of a non-violent crime myself; I spent over 2 years in very overcrowded prison while sex offenders and car jackers were being paroled. My charges were for a lot of bad checks …

The true cost of crime to society People are taken in by con artists in the United States on a daily basis. Most of these unsuspecting victims are quite familiar with the common criminal that …

Encounters with registered sex offenders?  Well, there are more than 600,000 currently in the United States according to many sources, so there is a good probability that you are going to have some kind of …

One reason why prostitution will never become legal involves the secrecy and the thrill that is required, either for the thrill to be complete or because the participants do not want any records of their activity that …