Did you know that there are many different types of mail fraud, and that mail fraud is, in fact, considered a federal crime? The United States Department of Justice defines mail fraud as the following: "There are two elements in mail fraud: (1) having devised or...
PROTECTING WHAT MATTERS MOST:
Liberty, Children, Family, Education
Month: April 2020
Don’t let date rape allegations affect your life
When on a date, the last thing anyone should have to go through is rape. There is a big difference between rape and someone who has second thoughts after having intercourse with someone, though. It’s unfair for someone who consented to say that they didn’t. It’s...
The collateral consequences of criminal accusations
If you get accused of a serious crime, such as a felony sex crime, you may immediately start wondering about the penalties. You’re not even in court yet, and maybe you didn’t do anything wrong, but it’s natural to think about the worst-case scenario. Say you get...
Juvenile justice programs help teens bounce back from a mistake
The teenage years are culturally notorious for being a time of non-compliance among young adults and difficulty for parents and other authority figures trying to help them through this tumultuous time in their lives. Teenagers tend to think very little of adults and...
