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You have four basic rights when law enforcement officers arrest you and attempt to question you. Called your Miranda rights, they stem from the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case of Miranda v. Arizona. The Miranda warning consists of the following: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court…
If you face accusations related to any crime, you may feel as if law enforcement treats you like a guilty person. You may even suffer demonization in the media or your local community. However, there are certain rights provided to you under the U.S. Constitution. According to Cornell Law School, the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution establishes the rights…
For the last decade, and perhaps more, police in Illinois have been allowed to use investigative alerts to take action. In many cases, they were allowed to act without a warrant due to the alert. However, a recent ruling has put an end to this process. According to local news reports, the police force in Chicago was the only one…
Charges stemming from criminal conduct in the workplace can damage professional reputations. Even after paying restitution and committing to act with more integrity, white-collar criminals may struggle to prove to others their loyalty. A damaged reputation can create difficulty finding employment. It can also impact the likelihood of promotions and challenge professional growth and success. With time and determination, people…
If you’ve been watching the headlines, one thing is clear: Federal authorities are starting to go after white-collar criminals (and suspected criminals) in a big way. In the last month alone, there have been major developments involving the opioid crisis and Purdue Pharma, and big fines were leveled against Goldman Sachs for its involvement in a Malaysian bribery scheme in…
Naturally, disability fraud is taken very seriously when someone uses it to claim federal benefits or workers’ compensation. It’s also a crime, however, to just take advantage of people’s generosity and other programs geared toward people with disabilities by pretending to be someone you are not — or to have medical conditions you don’t actually have. A 35-year-old Illinois woman…
It’s no secret that the prisons in this country are bursting at the seams. The United States has more people in prison than any other country in the world, including China, Russia, Brazil or India. Many of those people sitting behind bars are there due to drug crimes related to their addictions. It’s probably not surprising that many of them…
The United States isn’t the biggest country in the world, nor are its laws the most Draconian. So why does the U.S. continue to have the highest prison population in the world? According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), roughly 2.2 million adults were behind bars in this country in 2016. Here are some of the reasons why: 1.…
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning Americans that methamphetamine is fast becoming a major problem once again in American communities. Now, however, the already dangerous drug is frequently laced with a potentially lethal addition: fentanyl. Much of the meth flowing in to parts of Illinois (along with Missouri and Kansas) isn’t the home-grown variety that drug dealers used to…
Police dogs often have various roles. Some can help locate missing children, detect cadavers, chase suspects and sniff out illegal substances. Though most people will praise a dog that helps locate a missing child, the situation can be different when the dog alerts an officer to illegal substances in your vehicle. You, like many other people, may question the reliability…