Law enforcement officers in Florida can arrest a person without an arrest warrant if that person commits a crime that a police officer personally observes. Arrests for driving under the influence, for example, are the most common type of unwarranted arrests. But if a person is merely suspected of committing a crime, and when the [...]
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four women and one in seven men will suffer physical violence from an intimate partner during their lifetimes. In 2014, 106,882 domestic violence crimes were reported to Florida police agencies, leading to 64,460 arrests. However, domestic violence crimes often go unreported, so we [...]
In South Florida, far too many are injured or killed in DUI-related traffic crashes. What makes these injuries and deaths especially heartbreaking is that almost all of them could have been avoided. In Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward County, rideshare services, taxicabs, and limos are abundant and available 24 hours a day every day. Of [...]
Most judges and most lawmakers now understand that petty crimes committed by first-time offenders shouldn’t always be penalized with prosecutions and jail terms. First-time offenders – and our society – are better served by counseling aimed at deterring crime in the future. Diversion programs cost far less than trials and jail, and diversion gives first-time [...]
In November, voters in Florida approved Amendment 2, the Florida Medical Marijuana Legislation Initiative. More than 71 percent of the state’s voters agreed to approve the initiative. Only two years earlier, a similar measure had been narrowly defeated. Amendment 2 will allow doctors in Florida to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes to patients struggling with [...]
“Addiction” is a word that most of us tend to use perhaps too casually, and it’s usually an exaggeration. We might say that we are “addicted” to old movies or to walks on the beach, but in its more precise sense, that’s not really what addiction is. Addiction is a disease. It is a complex [...]
When someone is convicted of a crime in the state of Florida, depending on that crime’s severity and the offender’s previous criminal history, the offender may be ordered to prison or placed on probation. Those ordered to prison are then sometimes released on parole. Florida’s probation and parole officers work with offenders serving probation or [...]
Recent data reveals that the overall crime rate in West Palm Beach is significantly higher than the state of Florida and the national average of the US. The crimes include among others: sexual assaults and rape. Thousands of sexual assault and rape cases in West Palm Beach go without any legal action. Several thousands of [...]
The expungement process in West Palm Beach involves first establishing if an individual is eligible to have their record expunged. This is followed by an actual filing of the Petition to Expunge with the state of Florida. The paperwork required for the filing can be obtained in packet form at the Palm Beach County main [...]
IP crime or Intellectual Property crime is not a new thing, but in the 20th century, it has significantly come into account and currently it has become a big issue for many business owners around the world. Incidents such as copyright, general infringements, piracy, and counterfeit are all classified under intellectual property crime. Below, our [...]
