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26 Sep 2023, 9:01 pm by Lesley Wexler
The victim may offer a victim impact statement describing how she experienced and continues to experience the crime and she or the prosecutor may also encourage others to write letters opposing leniency and providing negative character assessments of the defendant. [read post]
26 Apr 2022, 12:46 pm by Michael W. Scarborough
  While the updated Leniency Policy is couched in a requirement to use “best efforts” to make restitution, the FAQs make clear that qualifier is only intended to cover “situations when providing full restitution is impossible in the specific circumstances of the applicant or the victim,” such as when the applicant is bankruptcy. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 7:46 am by Jeffrey Carr
Lockhart of the charges against him, this will still end up classified as a non-violent crime. [read post]
30 Sep 2020, 7:05 pm by Jeffrey S. Horton Thomas
Expanded Prohibition of Crime-Victim Status Discrimination Employers will also be broadly prohibited from firing an employee or otherwise discriminating or retaliating against them because of the employee’s status as the victim of a crime or abuse, under amendments to section 230 made by AB 2992. [read post]
30 Sep 2020, 7:05 pm by Jeffrey S. Horton Thomas
Expanded Prohibition of Crime-Victim Status Discrimination Employers will also be broadly prohibited from firing an employee or otherwise discriminating or retaliating against them because of the employee’s status as the victim of a crime or abuse, under amendments to section 230 made by AB 2992. [read post]
24 Jun 2017, 4:46 pm by Bill Otis
 The eye-opening Washington Post series, "Second Chance City" gives a glimpse of what leniency actually does:  It promotes crime and assures more crime victims. [read post]
1 Oct 2023, 9:01 pm by Lesley Wexler
As Professor Margulies notes, sufficient respect for a jury’s verdict and for the wrong committed against the victim and the state does not require casting the defendant out from society. [read post]
19 May 2020, 11:50 am by jlucivero
Requiring notification to victims of jailhouse witnesses’ crimes if leniency is offered for their testimony. [read post]
21 May 2020, 8:50 am by jlucivero
The new law can protect the next innocent man and deliver the justice that crime victims deserve. [read post]
8 Aug 2014, 11:11 am by Mintzer Law
Possible Victims Individuals make up the biggest category of victims, with an estimated 3,998,310 people suffering from some type of white collar crime. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 7:29 am by Elizabeth B. Carpenter
In anticipation of this opportunity, Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) announces the launch of the “Fit the Crime” project. [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 3:26 am
In Because the iPod is worth more posted at Yes, I Must Be Crazy, we get a discussion about what is being taught about rape in law school and the contrast between rape and other crimes related to who has the burden of proof when an affirmative defense (alleged victim consented to what is being called a crime) is used. [read post]
14 Feb 2020, 2:57 am by Jon Katz
Some judges will even ponder from the bench about whether certain prosecutorial leniency is wise. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 12:57 pm
A former police officer for the city of Northbridge may have lost his job, but he was spared a jail sentence for a drunk driving crash that nearly killed another man after the victim pleaded with the judge for leniency. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 9:42 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
He faces fines of at least $250,000 and he’s agreed to pay restitution to his victims. [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 9:37 pm by Brandon L. Garrett
Firms can pay deterrent fines and compensate victims. [read post]
13 Oct 2018, 10:06 pm by Dan Murphy
If you are convicted of a domestic violence crime in Colorado, you cannot expect leniency from the court. [read post]
20 Nov 2007, 1:24 pm
DNA testing further revealed that the semen samples recovered from the victim--which had conclusively excluded the boys as donors--belonged to Reyes. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 10:33 am by Law Offices of David L. Freidberg, P.C.
Given the concern about an implied leniency against white collar offenders, bank fraud has sometimes been elevated to the level of a federal crime. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 12:09 pm by Patrick J. Murphy, Esq.
Earlier this month, a state appellate court issued a written opinion in a Massachusetts assault case brought against a student who was involved in a serious fight resulting in the victim sustaining several broken bones. [read post]