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If you get sentenced on Federal charges in Illinois can you request to be placed in a prison in your home state?
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Answered on September 25, 2015
YEs you can request that but the best that the judge can and will do is recommend that the Bureau of prisons house you in your home state or in the...
Can family members be present during trial and when awaiting a verdict from the jury?
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Answered on September 25, 2015
Anyone, including a family member can attend trial unless they fit in to one of these exceptions.
1) They are a witness or potential witness in...
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Does the federal government have their own lab people???
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Answered on September 14, 2015
The federal government can use whoever they want to test evidence provided that the person doing the testing is qualified and the method used is...
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I was pulled over for a speeding ticket and arrested for aggravated battery that happened on 6/6. I wasn't in the state.
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Answered on September 14, 2015
FIrst of all, if they have eyewitnesses, they have a case, Eyewitness testimony is evidence that is commonly used to obtain convictions. It is...
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Court appointed attorney or criminal defense attorney?
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Answered on September 14, 2015
Court appointed attorneys and criminal defense attorneys are one and the same except you do not pay the former. Court appointed attorneys may be...
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My uncle is charged with child rape and is facing a long time in prison
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Answered on September 14, 2015
The penalty for raping a minor are likely far more severe than for raping an adult. Additionally, if one has sexual relations, particularly...
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Does my brother need a lawyer? Being charged with felony criminal threats.
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Answered on September 13, 2015
His options are as follows:
1) Bail out of jail which will require 8% of the actual bail paid to a bail bondsman.
2) enter a not guilty plea and...
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Can a minor buy a sex toy online with a prepaid Visa card?
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Answered on September 13, 2015
First, technically a minor can not enter into a contract, which this purchase for the sex toy would be. The purchase of the sex toy itself is...
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I have a domestic violence charge in Califonia (Deferred Judgment and Sentence) over 20 plus years ago.
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Answered on September 11, 2015
It depends on whether your case was a deferred prosecution or some tyype of diversion. If it was not then you likely needed to go yourself to...
Will i go to jail for missing my domestic violence classes. If so how long?
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Answered on September 11, 2015
Whether yu go to jail or not depends on your reasons for not going to the classes. Lack of monry to pay for the classes usually doesn't work...
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