Tag Archives: criminal prosecution
Murder Conviction Overturned
A woman who was convinced to plead guilty to murdering her girlfriend in 2004 may not be the killer and will either be retried or set free. U.S. District Judge Malcolm Marsh reported that new scientific evidence might reveal that Lisa Marie Roberts did not strangle Jerri Lee Williams. In May 2002, The naked… Read More »
Civil Compromise
Posted December/14/2009 CIVIL COMPROMISE CAN BE A GREAT ROUTE TO PREVENT CRIMINAL PROSECUTION Oregon law offers a framework for a resourceful defense attorney and a pragmatic client to accomplish dismissal of a criminal charge, even where the prosecuting attorney objects to the case being dismissed. In a situation where the criminal charge encompasses alleged… Read More »