The Yellow Ribbon G.I. Bill Education Enhancement Program may assist eligible individuals with payment of their tuition and fees for college. A veteran may transfer this benefit to a spouse or dependent children. The Army Survivor Benefits Plan covers you children until they turn 18. The plan covers them up to age 22 if they are unmarried full time college
» Read moreVoter Intimidation Voter intimidation involves putting undue pressure on or trying to coerce a person or group to suppress votes or to vote a certain way. There is an ugly history of voter intimidation targeting low-income and minority voters. More recently, deceptive election practices have become more widespread, taking the place of historical state-sanctioned discrimination in voting like literacy tests and
» Read moreDeceptive practices are the dissemination of false or misleading information about elections and the voting process in order to alter the outcome of the election and to prevent eligible voters from casting their ballots. American history is peppered with examples of individuals, political operatives and organizations using these misleading and intimidating tactics to prevent voters from participating in the electoral
» Read moreEvery thorough trial consultation should include a discussion about a “worse case scenario.” Oftentimes, the worse case scenario involves a substantial amount prison time. The common rebuttal to this conversation is, “well, we will just appeal the conviction.” Appealing a conviction can take over a year to resolve. During this time, the convicted person does NOT have a right to
» Read moreMany popular television shows bounce around the phrase “material witness.” What exactly is a material witness? A material witness is on who is needed to testify in a criminal case or before a grand jury investigating a criminal matter. If you have been subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case, and you fail to appear, the party who subpoenaed you
» Read moreWhen you hear the phrase, “ your estate,” you probably imagine millions of dollars in cash, three or four homes, cars, boats, and the like. Actually, your estate is whatever you possessed at the time of your death. Your estate includes where you lived, your clothes, your jewelry, bank accounts, cars, furniture, dishes, coin collections, family heirlooms, pictures, photos albums,
» Read moreDid you know: The Department of Driver’s Services can and will suspend your drivers license if you are stopped for a suspected DUI and you either: Blow over the legal limit (0.08 for adults over 21, regular class C), You refuse to submit to a breathalyzer The DDS suspension is civil and is separate and apart from the DUI arrest itself.
» Read more“Homicide” is really a term of art used by the medical examiners in the course of a death investigation. Medical examiners are doctors who have specialized training in determining how a person died. The major ways a death can be classified are: natural causes suicide accident undetermined homicide The term “natural causes” means the death occurred as the natural
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