"Rich kid gets probation for drunk-driving deaths. His defense? 'Affluenza.'." Christian Science Monitor 12 Dec. 2013. Opposing Viewpoints in Context.
Said perpetrator was, Joe Davis, already a convicted felon, had seen release from prison only three weaks earlier. Afterwards, Kimber’s father Mike Reynolds met with an informal group of judges, attorneys and law enforcement reps to discuss sentencing practices. This case set the precedent for California’s “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law. Said California law requires that when a criminal is convicted of three felonies, he or she must serve a mandatory fixed sentence of twenty-five years to life, usually without parole. There are three types of offenses that qualify as a strike: Juvenile Offenses, Serious Felonies and Violent Felonies.
Firefighters and police were at the residence. Both parents were charged with endangering their two children. Three days after this incident the two parents plead guilty to the charges. The father Osman Irias received a sentence of one hundred eighty days in jail. The mother Mariza Salguero was illegally here from Guatemala.
(AP) Former Rite Aid Corp. chief executive Martin L. Grass was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday for conspiring to falsely inflate the value of the company his father founded and cover up the scheme. Grass, 50, who headed up the nation's third-largest pharmacy chain in the late 1990s before being forced out in October 1999, also was fined $500,000 and given three years' probation for his role in a billion-dollar accounting fraud that sent the company's stock tumbling. Before U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo handed down the sentence, Grass apologized to Rite Aid, its stockholders and employees. "For the harm caused to them, I am truly sorry," he said. Grass was indicted by a federal grand jury two years ago.
Hart v Rankin(1977) ( case summary ) * Decided by Burt CJ * The appellant had driven a motor vehicle while not being in possession of a valid driving license in accordance of S49(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1974 – 1978 * He pleaded guilty * On the facts , between 4.30pm and 6.30am , where on the last occasion , he steered his car while his car was being towed * Upon being convicted , he appealed on the grounds that the car was not at that time a motor vehicle in the context of the Act. * He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for all three charges and it was to run cumulatively , and he appealed that the sentences not be served cumulatively. ( APPEAL ) * Upon the appeal , Burt CJ stated how Section 49 of the Aboriginal Affairs Act requires that a plea of guilty entered by a person of Aboriginal descent be not admitted where the court is satisfied that he alleged or was not capable of understanding that plea of guilty.
Auburn Police said Wednesday that an officer who passed out behind the wheel of his cruiser tested positive for exposure to carbon monoxide. Six Auburn police officers in total were hospitalized after further testing found they had high levels of carbon monoxide.” (CBS News, 2017) The first recommendation to overcome these problems and issues is Ford Motor Company can install the Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors in each of the Ford Explorer police vehicles. This is because CO is a dangerous gas that can cause the headaches, nausea and in some instance it can even make someone loss conscious. The technicians will using the
The Ray Rice Assault Case Raymell Mourice also known as Ray Rice is a professional American football running back for the Baltimore Ravens’. Prior to playing for the Ravens he played college football at Rutgers University. Ray is ranked as the Ravens second all-time leading rusher. Ray is currently serving an indefinite suspension by the National Football League because he was arrested and subsequently indicted for third degree aggravated assault on March 27, 2014. Ray allegedly punched his fiancé at the time that resulted her to be unconscious.
Connie Bashford Ken Malveaux English Composition I March 18, 2013 Regulation of Guns The debate over gun control has once again become a heated debate. When we hear about a mass shooting, gun control is put in the forefront of the American public. President Obama recently introduced a bill to ban assault weapons, outlaw gun magazines holding more than ten rounds and requiring detailed background checks on any gun purchased. An effective approach in gun control would be to enhance our background checks by mandating states participate in reporting to the FBI individuals convicted of domestic violence or those forcefully admitted to mental health institutions. The Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence outlines that background checks are
He had gone through drug treatment programs multiple times, but without success. In 1999 he explained to a judge that “It’s like I’ve got a shotgun in my mouth with my finger on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gun metal.” In May of 1996 while on parole, he trespassed into his neighbor’s home while under the influence of a controlled substance and fell asleep in one of the beds. Because of this, he was required to undergo compulsory drug testing and was sentenced to three (3) years of probation. Downey was arrested once more in 1999 for missing a required drug test. Despite having assembled the same team of lawyers that had successfully defended O.J.
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