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Domestic violence incidents rose sharply in 2020 When the coronavirus pandemic began spreading across the United States, forcing large-scale lockdowns in most states, another problem e [...]

The New Police Reform Measures in Maryland In 1974, the State of Maryland led 20 others in enacting the police Bill of Rights. These legislations shield the police from blame by preven [...]

Baltimore Permanently Stops Prosecuting Low Level and Nonviolent Crimes. Baltimore won't prosecute petty offenses anymore, but where did it start? Roughly a year ago, at the time when [...]

New Battlefront on Drug War: Washington State’s Drug Possession Law Is Now Unconstitutional On 25th February 2021, the Washington State Supreme Court declared the law criminalizing “un [...]

3 Issues With Pleading Guilty That You Simply Can't Ignore Innocent people plead guilty every day in the United States. Thirty years ago, about one in five criminal charges went to tri [...]

What Is Second Degree Rape? Second-degree rape occurs when a person uses forcible compulsion against a victim who is simply incapable of consent by reason of being either physically he [...]

What Is the Uniform Code of Military Justice? The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is a federal law enacted by Congress per the authority given by the Constitution in Article I, [...]

The State of Washington has some of the harshest drug laws in the country, with charges including possession, distribution, and the manufacture of controlled substances. A drug offense [...]

A “sex crime” is a catch-all term to describe illegal or coerced sexual conduct against another individual, including indecent exposure, prostitution, rape, sexual assault, solicitatio [...]