According to the Ohio Department of Public Safety, more than 1.3 million Ohioans have at least one drunken-driving arrest. While not every arrest results in a conviction, explaining an OVI arrest that appears on a pre-employment background check can be embarrassing – or worse yet…
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Restricted driving privileges after a DUI or another offense lets you travel for work or school, but they are still inconvenient. Aside from the limited times and reasons you can drive, what happens if you leave the area while your suspension is in effect? Are…
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You’ve heard the term, but what does “time off for good behavior” mean if you’re facing time behind bars? If you are convicted of a crime and sentenced to 20 years in jail, you won’t necessarily spend all 20 years in custody. There is credit…
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If you have become the object of the criminal accusation, you may be inclined to do whatever it takes to make the charges disappear. This may be especially true if you are involved in a drug case. Drug crime sentences can be pretty severe and…
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Being arrested is a scary situation for anyone in Ohio, but this is even truer for those here on student visas or otherwise as legal residents. If you are convicted of a major crime in the United States, your visa can be revoked, and you…
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No one thinks they’ll be falsely accused of a crime. But it happens, and probably more often than you think. While it’s hard to ascertain a precise figure, according to the 2019 report by the National Registry of Exonerations, the percentage of wrongful convictions is…
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