Monthly Archives: September 2024
A Life Sentence For Non-Fatal Domestic Violence Is Possible, But It Does Not Happen Overnight
The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against cruel and unusual punishment. Thus, the courts do not routinely hand down life sentences except in cases of murder, but life imprisonment for repeated convictions for non-lethal crimes is an option, and some so-called “three strikes laws” have required it. Thus, a California man is… Read More »
An Arrest Warrant For Your Housemate Can Mean Legal Trouble For You
Many of us would love to have our own space, an apartment or house where we can keep the kitchen as neat or as messy as we choose and watch movies late at night on the big TV in the living room instead of on our tiny phone screen with the sound turned low… Read More »
Tampering With Consumer Products
Legal protections for consumers include laws against dangerous consumer products. When a product causes harm because of a flaw in its design or a mistake at the factory that produced it, customers have the right to seek damages through product liability lawsuits. Each year, product manufacturers issue recalls for many products when they become… Read More »
If You Go To Mental Health Court, Be Careful What You Wish For
Being found not guilty by reason of insanity has always been cold comfort, in the rare instances in which courts have issued this verdict. Undergoing inpatient treatment for mental illness is not a pleasant experience, even if the event that precipitates your admission to the psychiatric hospital is only a doctor’s appointment where your… Read More »
