#legal-system

#legal-system

As of 2025, 47 states have involuntary outpatient restoration for competency to stand trial (OCR). This serves as a vehicle to keep individuals in the community.

The age of consent in Utah is 18, but 14- and 15-year-olds can have sexual relations with someone less than four years older. This law revision allows an 18-year-old charged with serious crimes to be treated as a minor, reducing potential penalties significantly.

More than 120 cases, including some for assault on family members and police, were dismissed Tuesday in Boston, the latest fallout from a monthslong dispute over pay that has led public defenders to stop taking new clients.

Vikings had a structured approach to resolving disputes, and early Scandinavian societies valued due process, indicating a legal system that was both organized and respected.

Izabela's tragic case represents the severe consequences of Poland's abortion laws, having suffered from complications due to delays in medical treatment linked to restrictions.

The jury's composition reflects a disparity, especially when considering the socioeconomic and educational backgrounds of jurors versus defendants. Most jurors were educated and employed, while the defendant was not.

The New York State court system unveiled two upgraded courtrooms at its 60 Centre Street courthouse, enhancing accessibility for visually and hearing-impaired visitors.

Without action, we risk total system collapse. These reforms are not small tweaks, but fundamental changes to make the system fit for the 21st century.

A former GP has been found guilty after conducting unnecessary genital examinations on patients, including teenage boys, under dubious medical justifications.

Legal Aid Society lawyers, who represent low-income criminal defendants, immigrants and others, have reached a standoff with management over pay, caseloads and remote work, prompting a potential strike.

The judge says a different suspect has now confessed to sending that threatening letter to the president while making it look like it was written by Morales-Reyes.

"Member engagement in this election was, to say the least, extraordinary," Spagnoletti said. Seltzer garnered over 90 percent of the electronic vote in a record turnout.

In the aftermath of a capital crime, grief does not obey logic or time, instead it fragments, loops, and manifests in courtrooms as a silent wound.

To advocate for life in a capital defense case is to stand in the stillness between punishment and possibility. It invites attorneys to speak the language of survival physiology.

The term "dual state" was coined by a Jewish lawyer called Ernst Fraenkel in a book published in 1941. Fraenkel was an extraordinary man who is undeservedly forgotten today.

In the French legal system, non-lieu means the dismissal of a case by the investigating judge, often due to insufficient evidence or other legal reasons.