Putting My Mistake in the Past

My eighteen year old nephew told me that before he was offered a job in college his future employer went to his MySpace page to find out more information about him. How he presented himself on this website and even

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How Can You Represent Bad People?

How can you represent bad people? A friend of mine at my church came up and asked me that exact question. I answered him, “I don’t represent bad people. I represent people in bad situations.” All of us at one

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Silence Should be your Golden Rule

It has been said that “silence is golden.” Never has such a phrase been truer as to when it comes to protecting your rights. What you say, or what you don’t say when speaking to the police, can make all

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How Can They Just Search My Wife?

My wife has a distrust of police officers that stems from an incident that happened when she was in high school. Driving home from school one day, police officers pulled her over, searched her and her vehicle for no reason.

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Miranda Warning for Juveniles

In the historic case that defined defendant’s rights, Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution’s guarantee against self-incrimination required that police advise criminal suspects that they have a right to remain silent and a right to have

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