If you face criminal charges, it's important to know that the U.S. Constitution provides several protections to ensure fair treatment. These constitutional rights are designed to safeguard your freedoms and ensure that justice is served. From the right to remain silent to protection against unreasonable searches, these fundamental rights play a pivotal...
Post-Conviction Relief: Seeking Appeals, Pardons, and Sentence Reductions
After a conviction, there are still steps you can take to change the outcome. Post-conviction relief options, including appeals, pardons, and sentence reductions, offer ways to challenge and potentially alter your situation. By exploring these options, you can work towards a more favorable resolution. Here's what you need to know about pursuing...
Investigating Police Misconduct and Defending Against Unlawful Arrests and Excessive Force
Experiencing police misconduct, such as an unlawful arrest or excessive force, can leave you feeling powerless and uncertain about your next steps. It is essential to respond promptly and take appropriate actions to protect your rights. By documenting evidence and seeking the proper legal channels, you can challenge these injustices. Knowing how...
Navigating DUI Charges: Legal Strategies and Consequences
Being charged with a DUI in South Carolina can turn your life upside down. The legal process can feel intimidating, and the potential penalties are severe. It’s normal to feel anxious and uncertain about what lies ahead. By breaking down what DUI charges entail, explaining the steps you need to take right...
Understanding the Bail Process: How Bail Works in Criminal Cases
Being arrested for a crime can be a scary and disorienting experience. If you have found yourself in this situation, you’re likely wondering what to do next. In most criminal cases, the bail hearing comes after the arrest. If you’re confused about how the process works in South Carolina, learn what to...
Exploring Self-Defense Laws and When You Can Use Force to Protect Yourself
Many people in the U.S. have heard of self-defense laws, which can protect you from criminal prosecution for protecting yourself, your property, or someone else. If you were criminally charged for using force against another person in what you felt was an act of self-defense, you may be confused about why.
Legal Rights and Reporting Procedures of Sexual Assault Laws
Victims of sexual assault do not often speak up for certain reasons. And though they have legal rights whenever they do, there are also specific procedures they must follow to properly report their assault.
Criminal charges for sexual assault are serious, and their repercussions can threaten a person’s livelihood...
Legal Consequences and Defense Options of Assault and Battery
Assault and battery is a serious crime that can lead to prison time, fines, and serious collateral damage anywhere throughout the U.S. Fortunately, criminal defense attorneys can provide those accused with options that can lead to mitigated sentences, reduced charges, or even charges that are outright dismissed or dropped.
Common Myths About Criminal Law Debunked
The popularity of crime dramas in the U.S. has taught Americans a lot about the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, some of those teachings are incorrect. Whether from television shows or other sources, there are many myths about the justice system that are accepted as fact.
Believing in misconceptions about...
Cyberbullying and the Law: Protecting Victims and Pursuing Justice
Sometimes, new technologies require the development of new laws. There is nothing new about bullying, but cyberbullying is a problem that society is still figuring out how to deal with. It includes harassment, intimidation, or threats that happen on the internet or other forms of mobile technology.
There are...