The 5 Consequences of Drinking and Driving

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), one person dies from a drunk driving car crash every 50 minutes, for a total of 10,000 lives lost each year. These situations might be avoided, but they nevertheless happen. When inebriated...

Breach of Contract. What Options To Settle.

What is a Contract? A contract is basically an agreement between two or more people for mutually enforceable responsibilities. For instance, a contract is established when one person agrees to render a service or sell a product to another person, who agrees, in turn,...

Federal vs. State Crimes

A federal crime of federal offense in the U.S is prosecuted under federal criminal law, which may vary considerably from the state criminal law, where the act was committed. Federal crimes include offenses that occur on federal property, that extend to multiple...

How Jury Trials differ from Bench Trials

Court trials are a rare thing nowadays, as most cases are settled out of court. Criminal law is one department of the legal system where the occurrence of a trial is most likely. Defendants who are supposedly guilty of crimes subject to more than six months of jail...