Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a viable legal defense that should be examined in the case of any military active duty servicemember or veteran who has returned home and committed a crime. “PTSD” is the given name for a variety of symptoms that follow combat veterans long after the event that triggered them. Some of these symptoms include: [...]
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If you are accused of a crime, you have a right to a “speedy” trial that is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, the Mississippi Constitution, and other statutes and rules. The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution begins by stating “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial [...]
Read MoreLaw professor Alexandra Natapoff is perhaps the nation’s number one authority on the law of “snitching,” which she defines as “when police or prosecutors offer lenience to criminal suspects in exchange for information or cooperation.” Now she has turned this expertise into a blog that I plan on following with interest - the “Snitching Blog.” According to [...]
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