Legal Blog
Expungement: A Gateway to Moving On?
What is expungement? Expungements are a legal process that can clear arrests, charges and minor convictions from someone’s record. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. See, that’s the thing about expungement: many people don’t even know...
6 Tips to Avoid an Underage Drinking Conviction
Fall is almost here and school is back in session. Many college students pack their bags and move away from home, possibly for the first time. They get ready to go out and experience college nightlife, a preconceived notion of what that means likely already formed in...
9 Tips to Help You Win Your DUI Case
Don’t ever assume that your DUI case is unbeatable.These are very complex matters, and there is a wide range of defense strategies that have proven extremely effective in these types of cases. While there are many effective defense strategies, here are 9 ways to win a...
Should Kids Be Allowed To Waive Their Miranda Rights?
Chances are that you’ve heard some version of the Miranda Rights before. You don’t have to be involved in a crime to have heard it, thanks to crime TV shows. The Miranda Rights start with the famous “You have the right to remain silent…” It’s likely that you can...
Ohio human trafficking probes up 50% over last year.
COLUMBUS — The number of investigations into suspected trafficking swelled last year to the highest level in Ohio's history Ohio's state attorney general’s Human Trafficking Commission released a report on Monday that revealing police investigated 202 potential cases...
Federal Judge calls opioid crisis ‘man-made’ and urges action
COLUMBUS (AP) - Tuesday, Federal Judge Dan Polster urged participants on all sides of the lawsuits against drugmakers and distributors to work toward a common goal of reducing overdose deaths. He stated that the lawsuits have come to his court "because other branches...
With opioids, just a tiny speck can kill.
In July, 10 year old Alton Banks died of fentanyl poisoning in Florida. He walked 10 blocks from the community pool to his home. He vomited, collapsed, and died. In Montgomery County: Two toddlers overdosed on opioids and died. In Cleveland: An officer was...
Human Trafficking Education Coming to Ohio Classrooms
Teachers representing 100+ middle and high schools in Miami Valley were trained in human trafficking last year as part of the new "School Trafficking Outreach Program". According to the director of Abolition Ohio and interim executive director of the human rights...
Ohio Human Trafficking Data from State Sources 2016
As defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, the legal definition of "trafficking in persons” is: Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has...
Can police question a child without a parent present?
Even the most precious children are capable of committing heinous crimes. And while parents may be willing to do nearly anything to protect their children, police do not have to allow parents to be present during an interrogation. The best thing a parent can do for a...
How safe is your neighborhood? (crime mapping for the public)
All crime map data is compiled from a database as recorded by police departments and sheriff's offices, click here.
What is a Bail Bond?
According to Prison Policy Initiative, 32% of the accused sit in prison cells serving time before they have even been convicted, solely because they can’t afford to post bail. In Columbus, the average bail amount is about $50,000 - an amount well out of reach for...