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Criminal Defense focuses on protecting individuals and organizations accused of criminal offenses. Explore expert guides on DUI and DWI charges, drug crimes, assault, theft, fraud, domestic violence, white-collar crimes, juvenile offenses, criminal investigations, plea bargains, bail, sentencing, appeals, and defendants' legal rights. Jurnza provides accurate, up-to-date, and easy-to-understand legal resources to help individuals understand criminal laws, navigate the justice system, and make informed legal decisions.
Criminal DefenseAI-powered pricing tools are changing how businesses set prices, but they also raise serious antitrust concerns. Explore the McDonald’s pricing lawsuit, federal price-fixing laws, potential business liability, consumer protections, and practical steps companies can take to reduce legal risks.
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Criminal DefenseThe U.S. Supreme Court is taking up major challenges to AR-15 and assault-weapons bans in Connecticut and Cook County, Illinois. The cases could determine whether the Second Amendment protects the right to possess commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and how far states can go in regulating modern firearms. This guide explains the Supreme Court cases, the historical-tradition test from Bruen, arguments from gun-rights advocates and states, the possible nationwide impact, magazine restrictions, existing gun laws, and what could happen if the Court upholds or strikes down assault-weapons bans.
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Criminal DefenseCriminal restitution is a court-ordered payment that can require a person convicted of a crime to compensate victims for certain losses caused by the offense. This guide explains how restitution works in federal criminal cases, including the types of losses that may qualify, how restitution differs from fines and civil damages, how courts determine the amount, what happens during sentencing, and how restitution orders are enforced. It also explains payment plans, a defendant’s ability to pay, restitution in plea agreements, victims’ rights, state-law differences, and what can happen when restitution remains unpaid.
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Criminal DefenseExpungement can help eligible individuals clear or restrict access to certain criminal records, but the rules vary significantly by state. Learn the difference between expungement and record sealing, whether arrests, dismissed charges, convictions, and juvenile records may qualify, how waiting periods and eligibility requirements work, and what happens when a petition is filed. This guide also explains background checks, employment and housing issues, federal convictions, pardons, professional licensing, common mistakes, and what to do if a criminal record cannot be expunged.
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Criminal DefenseA search and seizure involves police examining or taking control of a person, property, or information during a criminal investigation. The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, but police do not always need a warrant. Learn when warrants are required, what probable cause means, common exceptions to the warrant requirement, and how illegally obtained evidence may be challenged in a criminal case.
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Criminal DefenseSelf-defense is a legal defense that may apply when a person uses force to protect themselves or another person from an immediate threat. Whether the use of force is legally justified depends on factors such as the nature of the threat, the person's reasonable belief that force was necessary, the amount of force used, and the laws of the state where the incident occurred. Rules concerning deadly force, the duty to retreat, stand-your-ground laws, and defense of others can vary significantly by jurisdiction. This guide explains when self-defense may be legally justified, how courts evaluate claims, what can make a use of force excessive, and what generally happens after someone raises self-defense as a defense.
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Criminal DefenseAn arraignment is an early court proceeding in a criminal case where a defendant is formally informed of the charges and asked to enter a plea. Depending on the jurisdiction and circumstances, the hearing may also address legal representation, bail or pretrial release, and the next steps in the case. An arraignment is not a criminal trial and does not determine whether the defendant is guilty. This guide explains what happens during an arraignment, the different types of pleas, how the process differs from an initial appearance or preliminary hearing, and what generally happens after the hearing.
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