Orange County’s Informant Investigation Continues A case against mass murderer Scott Dekraai, among other highly publicized cases, has brought public accountability with regard to jailhouse “snitches” and withheld evidence on part of county law enforcement. Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders made accusations toward the prosecution of obtaining evidence through internal contacts within the jail. These … Read more

CBD-Rich Marijuana Provides Hope for Epilepsy Patients What would you do if your child or loved one suffered from multiple seizures a day, and the one thing that could help them was illegal? Many people each day face this dilemma. And that’s one of the reasons that CURE, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, are … Read more

More Murder and Child Endangerment in Orange County Anaheim may house the “Happiest Place on Earth” with Disneyland, but clearly, there’s areas that are not safe for women and children. Sadly, Anaheim is also the location of a domestic murder on Tuesday. Samuel Oscar Montes has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Nicole … Read more

Do the Police Need to Read Miranda Rights to a Suspect? Most of what the American population (and internationally, perhaps) knows about being read their Miranda rights is from watching our many police dramas on television or in films. Have you ever caught yourself saying “Hey, they didn’t read him his rights!” thinking that the … Read more

The Effects of Prop 47: Positive or Negative? Last year, California approved Prop 47, the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act”. As the realistic ramifications of the vote unfold, Californians begin to disagree whether the results are positive or negative. The positive intentions backing the legislation appealed heavily to voter’s sense of social justice and compassion. … Read more

More Bad News for Fullerton Police Department In July of this year, Kelly Thomas died after a beating from the Fullerton Police Department, as we discussed last month in a previous blog. And although he is not able to continue the fight, his family can, and now they are gearing up for another battle with … Read more

Is the Charleston Shooter a Terrorist? The attack on the Emanuel African Methodist Church has shocked the nation, and yet raises questions and controversy at the same time. One main controversy and question is: Should Dylann Roof, the 22-year-old white man who admitted to killing nine people in the Charleston, South Carolina church yesterday, be … Read more

What Is and What Isn’t Embezzlement? Imagine this: You’re looking through your company books and notice some funds missing. Only you and your business partner have access to the bank account, and you didn’t take any money out, so…there’s only one person to point the finger at. When confronted, your partner says it was “just … Read more

AB 266 Provides California with Medical Marijuana Regulations Medical marijuana was legalized in California back in 1996, but since then, lawmakers have been slow to roll out any true regulations to govern it, causing many problems across the state for dispensaries, patients and their caregivers. But in early June, AB 266 was passed, finally providing … Read more

How to Avoid a DUI on 4th of July Everybody loves to take it easy on the weekends, and this holiday weekend will be no different. If anything, there will be more barbecues, picnics, shindigs and pool parties than you know what to do with. And what goes along with parties? Drinking. Now, you may … Read more