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While I’m Waiting – America, the land of the free?

July 27th, 2011 No comments

Wrongful conviction isn’t an epidemic that is new to our country. But through DNA evidence we’re learning how prevalent it is. From the University of Miami Innocent Project: Florida has one of the highest rates for wrongful convictions in the nation. Since 1973, over 24 Florida death row prisoners have been exonerated through the use of DNA and other scientific practices not available at the time they were convicted. But lack of DNA is not the only reason for wrongful convictions, false confidence in eye witness identification, improper police procedures and ineffective counsel can all add to a wrongful conviction.

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Is Bush has at the nadir of his Presidency by OK a death penalty conviction and execution as President?

April 19th, 2011 4 comments

An extermly sick military veteran has been found guilty of murder and rape in more than one case, and President Bush has polished his record of being a hanging judge of Texas reputation by approving his execution. It is shame to put it perfectly. Bush is good at being a hard ass while he hides behind being a rich boy and a person never held responsible for any of his crimes. It can only be hoped that some day Bush jr will be held responsible for all that he is guilty for in the world today including the deaths of many young American kids in Iraq.

Well I am in agreement with you about Iraq but not sure about the person who has been condemn to death by guilt of rape and murder as the Governor of Texas could he not pardon the poor unfortunate man???I must make it clear I am against any form of capital punishment by anyone state or the killers they should not be killed of two wrongs do not make it right.

Does anyone know about Texas laws and regulations regarding sexual offenders?

April 8th, 2011 1 comment

I already asked this quesiton on another area in answers, but I figured I might go to people in various ones to hopefully find someone who knows about this.

Is anyone familiar with deferred adjudication and the Texas regulations for sexual predators?
I was raped by someone a while back, and while I was not able to get a conviction in my case, he was convicted of sexual assult with another person. He threatened to hurt me and track me down a long time ago, but I have still been fearful of him. Throughout the past several years, since he was convicted and forced to register with the sexual predators database for the other case, I have been looking him up periodically and making sure that he is still in the city I left. Well, alot of weird stuff has been going on around my husband and myself,
(such as notes appearing with weird cryptic messages written on them), so I looked on the database and HE’S NOT LISTED ANYMORE. He had deferred adjudication as part of his probation, but previous to these things happening, I had looked on there and his location was in a jail in Dallas about a month ago, and now, there is no record of him. Does anyone know whether he was wiped off of the database because of possible death, (not like that would bother me), or because he might have been found not guilty in an appeal, or if deferred adjudication would have taken his name off as soon as he completed his probation?
Please, no smartelic answers. I cannot find any information about this and I’m not familiar enough with laws about this subject.
jslinder: thank you, but it wasn’t my case that was actually brought to a prosecution. With me, they refused to prosecute, but I found out later that he had done this to an 18 year old male, and was releived that at least he got caught and was being treated the way he deserved, but if he got off for it again, that just means justice doesn’t work at all.

If as a condition of his probation his registry requirement was cleared, then yes, that is possible. An appeal would do it too, deceased are usually marked that way for a while.

As a former victim, you should be able to contact the prosecutors office that handled your case to get an updated status.

petty theft misdemeanor first time offense.?

March 26th, 2010 4 comments

i stole about 250$ out of a register at work. i got caught and i signed a paper stating that i did steal the money and that i’m sorry. and i am sorry. its my first and last time. but i don’t know what to do. my court date is on the 19th of january in the state of florida. i am really sorry about having done this. and its seems to me i just screwed up my future. does anyone know whats going to happen to me? please help if you can. i know i need to get a lawyer but am i going to go to jail for this? and will this stay on my permanent record? the police officer said i can get it expunged from my record. please explain this to me. i’m in dark here and i’m scared half to death.

Each state has it’s own laws about what kind of offenses and dispositions can be later expunged from your record. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is the government agency that processes expungment requests, http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/content/getdoc/c83dd888-ef7a-448e-9a96-ba69fc4181f7/Seal-and-Expunge-Home.aspx The website cites the Florida Statute that determines who is eligible to have a charge expunged. It is not easy reading and it is best to have an experienced lawyer explain the criteria.

In some states, the only time a charge can be expunged is when the defendant was not actually convicted. If you are placed on probation, conditional discharge (a nonreporting form of probation) than a conviction is entered and you are ineligible for expungment. But it is a different story if you are placed on court supervision. If you complete court supervision successfully, a conviction is not entered and you can file a petition for expungment. I am not familiar with Florida’s system but it may be similar. It is very important that you understand before you accept a plea agreement whether you will be eligible for expungment at a later date. Talk to an attorney and good luck!