Imagine two parents who drank constantly, ignored their children while the wife gambled on line and the husband watched porn–all day long. The children were forced to eat potato chips off the greasy carpet.
Or the boyfriend who was beating his “woman” and her son intervened to try and stop the violence. As punishment for interrupting, the man …
As you hear so often in the media about people convicted of heinous crimes: “We should lock ’em up and through away the key!”
However, in every state in both adult and juvenile courts, thousands of people work as probation officers. What do they do and why?
In the criminal justice process, both adult and juvenile, …
Okay…my blog is not a political blog, but… sometimes, I can’t keep my mouth shut! I noticed at the Republican national 
convention, the platform contains a provision for unlimited capacity for bullets in guns. The true name for these are automatic rifles or, when I was in the army, they called them: machine guns. Gangsters used them in …
Here in Minnesota, there is a referendum set on the ballot for November that would amend the Minnesota Constitution to prohibit 
marriage between anyone except a man and a woman. It’s the so-called, Marriage Amendment.
I don’t want to get into the religious or moral issues as my blog focuses on legal issues instead. I have a few …
How do judges know when to set bail on an accused person? How much should be set? Are there any guidelines?
The setting of bail occurs when an accused person first appears in court to answer for alleged crimes. That’s done because of constitutional requirements. A judge has several choices at this point in a criminal …
My jazz group played for a judge’s retirement party here in Minnesota. Of course, we loved playing and it was a great party–if you like big groups of judges and lawyers!!
Many people don’t know that judges often retire with strategic purposes in mind, besides simply quitting their jobs.
To understand, it’s important to remember that, at the …
I just read a great blog by Karen Boros on MinnPost at minneapolis-targets-backpagecom-ads-fight-against-juvenile-sex-trafficking about the efforts of the Minneapolis City Council to stop the Internet advertisements for juvenile prostitutes. Protected by the 1st Amendment, the web site, backpage.com has run ads for sexual activity. Through code words like “new in town,” they indicate to the buyers that …
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