Humans can be ingenious criminals.  Luckily there are equally ingenious criminal defense lawyers to defend you if charged with a crime.  Yesterday a man robbed a car wash change machine, extracting a good lump sum of money using only a $20 bill and a piece of string.  Equally amazing is an old guy called the [...]

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Americans spend over $38 billion on their pets per year!  As a whole we dearly love our furry friends and are willing to fork out the dough to make sure our pets live in style and comfort.  One woman recently willed her little, white dog, Trouble, $12 million dollars while leaving her grandchildren nothing of [...]

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Police have made serious allegations against a New Mexico man accused of possessing and producing child pornography. Possession, distribution, or production of child pornography can be a federal crime with production of child pornography carrying a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison per count and possession of child pornography carrying a maximum sentence of [...]

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Lawrence Taylor is going to need a great criminal defense lawyer if he wants to be remembered for being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame instead of indicted for rape and solicitation of prostitution.  Taylor has been formally charged with third-degree rape and patronizing prostitution.  Unfortunately for Taylor, the alleged victim was one [...]

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Animals with high testosterone levels are known to be fearless fighters and the ultimate predators.  The African lions of Tsavo National Park in Kenya are reputed to be the most aggressive lions in the world. Why? Scientists believe that the higher testosterone levels in this particular group of lions makes them more aggressive and territorial [...]

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When faced with criminal charges there are three ways that you can plead, guilty, not guilty, or no contest.  It is always best to retain and consult with a criminal defense attorney before you enter your formal plea in court.  The worst strategy is to plead guilty when you are innocent.  This may seem obvious, [...]

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How would you like your transgression to be viewed by millions of people on the web?  Former NYPD officer Patrick Pogan, who is accused of assaulting cyclist Christopher Long during a Critical Mass ride, has to face being a YouTube sensation every day.  In a video that has been viewed over two million times, the [...]

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Everyone likes to break a record, heck, some people spend their whole lives growing out their fingernails or making the world’s largest pancake just to be in the Guinness Book of World Records.  Other records should not be broken.  A Pennsylvania third grader has put in a bid for America’s youngest drug dealer, allegedly dolling [...]

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If you have been given the key, is it illegal to open the door and walk into someone else’s house?  If you have the password, is it criminal to open and look at another person’s email?  The prosecution in the federal case against David Kernell, who is accused of hacking into Sarah Palin’s personal email [...]

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When you are charged with drunk driving, you never know what kind of sentence you are going to be facing.  You could catch the judge on a good day and get free with nothing more than a slap on the wrist and a fine, or you could receive a criminal conviction and get sentenced to [...]

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