How can a court give a person 10 years in prison for failing to register as a sex offender when the law is a civil law ?

When the Supreme Court looked at the Ex Post Facto clause issue concerning the registry statute, they opined that it was not punishment to require...

I agree with the answers already given herein. I add that you may have recourse in the form of a petition for removal from the sex offender...

When you go to court on this ticket, it will be the actual citation that controls the charges against you, unless the solicitor has filed an...

Prosecutors have discretion to reduce tickets, as long as they don't abuse that discretion. Losing a employment is a good reasons for a prosecutor...

You can press charges against your mother-in-law in a "pre-warrant" hearing. You have to go to the local magistrate's office and file and...

I was pulled over for speeding in Dahlonega, GA last week on highway 19. The officer said I was driving 104 in a 55.

Unless you can get the reckless driving dismissed and the speeding ticket drastically reduced, you are going to lose your license. Any person...

How can thay charge us both with the same thing?

Your boyfriend is likely being charged based upon circumstantial evidence that he was a party to the crime. Drug prosecutors circumstantially...

The simple answer is that you need to follow DFACS' safety plan. If that requires moving away from your spouse, you will have to do it. Moreover,...

Is it legal for someone to threaten you via text?

I agree that this could be charged as a criminal offense. Harassing phonecalls is a possible charge if the text threatens bodily harm. However,...

I plead guilty to 2 charges: DUI & RECKLESS DRIVING and both are running concurrently I dont understand what that means?

There is not enough information here to comment. YOu need to address this with your lawyer. I also don't see where your sentence requires a DUI...