Criminal Procedure
Articles across the publication that deal with criminal procedure.
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Immigration Law
Deferred Action and Prosecutorial Discretion in Immigration Enforcement
Deferred action is a decision not to act, not a grant of status. It can open a door to work authorization, and it can be taken away without a hearing.
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Criminal Law & Civil Rights
The Right to Counsel: Appointment, Public Defenders, and Waiver
The right to a lawyer is not the right to a lawyer in every proceeding. Where it applies, how it is delivered, and what it takes to give it up are three different questions.
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Criminal Law & Civil Rights
Diversion and Deferred Adjudication: Eligibility, Conditions, and Dismissal
Diversion trades conditions now for a dismissal later. The trade is often worth making, but what a dismissal leaves behind is the part defendants learn about too late.
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Criminal Law & Civil Rights
Arraignment and the First Court Appearance: What Actually Gets Decided
The first appearance often lasts a few minutes and shapes everything that follows. Four things get decided there, and guilt is not one of them.
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Criminal Law & Civil Rights
Juvenile Court: Petitions, Adjudication, Disposition, and Sealing
Juvenile court runs on different vocabulary and a different purpose, but the due-process protections are real. Where the systems converge is in what the record does years later.
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