Misdemeanor

The path I am on is paved with tile floors, and the lights above flicker in a way that reminds me of a school hallway. The path is seemingly endless, constantly branching, and is a mystery. Whenever it splits I am always presented with two choices: to go left, or to go right. The left path is always bright with sparkling floors and fresh air. The right path is much more foreboding. Most of the time, I can’t see more than a few feet in front of me and the air is heavy. I always try to go down the…

county probation department in some cases they serve both. There are codes that classifies felonies as violent or serious. These felonies consist of robbery, burglary of a home, assault with the intentions to commit robbery, murder, and rape. A misdemeanor is a less serious offence, the offender can be sentenced to jail, a fine, or probation. An infraction is the least serious offense which is usually punish by a fine. “California criminal justice system can be thought of having four stages”.…

that can be brought up on why people view probation reducing recidivism rates is the places that they are getting their numbers from. What I mean by this is tracking those individuals who were put on probation for a misdemeanor. Those who are sentenced to probation for a misdemeanor typically need few services for their rehabilitation as well as require little supervision for their probation sentence (Petersilla, J, Probation in the United States Part II…

The Tennessee statute for stalking is a very detailed piece of legislation. Tennessee Code Annotated 39-17-315 begins with definitions for terms that will be introduced in the statue that will need to be clearly understood. The code also aggravated stalking and especially aggravated stalking. The statue on stalking in Tennessee is as follows. It defines the course of conduct as a pattern of conduct this composed of a series of two or more separate noncontinuous acts with evidence of a continuing…

two words are often interchanged, though are very different in their meanings. The type of crime that was committed by the offender is usually what will determine what type of punishment they receive. Probation is usually given for nonviolent, misdemeanor crimes, whereas being sentenced to jail time with the…

Substance Crime Penalties In an effort to help curb dangerous substance related incidents, I would recommend a Federal mandate dictating how possession, OWI, and DUI charges are handled. The mandate would transform current penalties for each of these into more productive sentences. This policy would help prevent relapse and, in turn, recurring incarceration. This mandate would also help protect those who could be directly affected by the actions of those with substance abuse issues. This change…

The NYPD worked with neighborhoods to organize crime watches and other community organizations. When they implemented the Broken Windows policing model police were given more discretion to stop and question people. Street stops, ticketing and misdemeanor arrests went up…

Many prisoners are put in prison for petty crimes or more serious crimes like felonies and capital crimes witch is just a felony that is more serious and there brought there to be removed from the public because depending on the crime or for some people even any crime people won’t want them in the same area as them because they’re afraid they might do something again and they won’t nothing to do with it so the Government makes laws to make it so if someone commits a crime there either put in…

weapon. The Ohio district attorney’s office prosecutes these cases by imposing penalties for each degree of assault. For a simple assault which is a first-degree misdemeanor, the offender serves six months or a fine of $1000 together with restitution to the victim of the crime. On a case of negligent assault is a third-degree misdemeanor that a person serves 60 days and a fine of up to $500. For a felony charge, one takes a sentence of 2-8 years in prison together with a fine of $20000. When…

Over the past several years, multitude of legislative bodies have made many attempts to reform their sentencing and incarceration laws to address the problem of mass incarceration of our citizenry. Apparently, some of these efforts have been successful and other not so. In the next few paragraphs I will be analyzing the article “Does Smarter Sentencing Equal Lower Prison Numbers?” Within this analyzation I will give my readers my general reaction of the article. I will also touch on what is…