Felony

Employer Surveys Regarding Employment of People with Criminal Histories In 2009, twelve employment specialists from the Johnson & Johnson-Dartmouth Community Mental Health Program were nominated, because of their excellent job performance, to participate in a project designed to learn how to assist people who have both criminal histories and serious mental illness. The employment specialists conducted employer surveys in their home states and then met with members of the Dartmouth IPS team to

In the United States of America, the work of law enforcement is hit hard with various polices and limitations that can be good for the accused criminal, but bad for the each of the citizens in the surrounding community that was affected by the accused perpetrator. Even though there are lot of limitations on how law enforcement does their work on a daily basis, there are two main limitations in criminal law that stand out amongst the rest. These two concepts of criminal law that affect the day to

According to Reyns (2013), Identity theft is a term used to categorize several offenses involving the fraudulent use of an individual’s personal information for criminal purposes without their consent. Someone has decided to hijack someone's personal identification information and caused not only financial damage but also impacted the victim's reputation. In order to seek justice, a Forensic Accountant can be utilized to help with recovering the damage caused by identity theft and the steps taken

unintentional resulting from an unlawful misdemeanor act or a low-level felony” (Benish), such as a drunk driver wrecking a car, killing the passengers in the vehicle. Both these class “A” felonies result in death of another human being, therefore being the reason why the sentence is automatically 25 years to life. Rape also falls in the category of class A, considering it can lead to murder or manslaughter and is considered a severe felony. Rape is a type of sexual assault, either in the form of sexual

criminal as “if (1) the defendant was at least eighteen years old at the time the defendant committed the instant offense of conviction; (2) the instant offense of conviction is a felony that is either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense; and (3) the defendant has at least two prior felony convictions of either a crime of violence or a controlled substance offense.” (U.S. Sentencing Commission, 2011) Along side this definition, there are are laws in place specifically

three parts in California’s law are the defendant’s record of prior convictions, the current charge and the minimum punishment the defendant is facing. A man or woman has to be convicted of two felonies and charged with another one before the Three-Strikes law can come into play. Dictionary.com defines a felony as “an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year” (Brauchli). The

presentence report said that he had been convicted a dozen times for DUI, which under New Mexico's law, becomes a felony (punishable by a prison term of more than one year) the fourth (or subsequent) time an individual commits it. (Supp.2007). The sentencing judge consequently found that Begay had at

sentencing, and appeals. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the difference between a misdemeanor and felony, speedy trial for misdemeanors and felonies, and the Speedy Trial Act of 1974. Difference in Misdemeanor and Felony According to Attonery.com both a misdemeanor and felonies are criminal charges however with one big difference, a misdemeanor you are in a local or county jail and a felony you are in a state or federal prison. Misdemeanors Misdemeanors offenses are punishable by substantial

always harmful and should be seen as the act of a criminal. Sexting among teens should not be criminalized. Current child pornography laws are designed to protect children, but when applied to sexting and teens, it subjects youths to potential felony charges, which can ruin their lives by labeling them as sex offenders and confusing them with adults convicted of heinous sex crimes against minors. (American Civil Liberties Unions). As a child or an adult, being labeled as a sex offender can ruin

push for harsher punishments for repeat offenders during the twentieth century (Brown & Jolivette, 2005). As a result, strict sentencing laws were enforced, such as, three strikes, that required a person convicted of a felony, that had a previous conviction of one or more felonies to receive a sentence enhancement (Brown & Jolivette, 2005). Supporters of three strikes legislation claimed that these laws could be utilized as a tool to control the crime problem, and was the only way to keep violent