Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog
New U of M Study Proves Expungement Removes Barriers to Employment in Michigan (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again here at The Kronzek Firm. We’ve been talking about the issue of expungement of criminal records, and how it affects people’s ability to get a decent job. As we mentioned in the previous article, a recent study done by researchers at U of M now provides empirical evidence […]
[Read More]New U of M Study Proves Expungement Removes Barriers to Employment in Michigan (Pt 1)
This year, University of Michigan Professors Sonja B. Starr and J.J. Prescott released the first-ever broad-based empirical study of what happens when state law limits the public’s access to criminal records. The reason? To see how expungement might affect a person’s future, either positively or negatively. And the results are significant. Why this study was […]
[Read More]The Feds Are Cracking Down on Gang Violence in Detroit
Hearing about the ongoing war in “the red zone” might lead you to believe you’ve stumbled across references to cold war in Russia, or some similar communist country. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. The red zone actually refers to a section of Detroit’s eastside, between Seven Mile and Eight Mile roads, and […]
[Read More]New MI Law Says 17-Year-Olds Will No Longer Be Prosecuted as Adults!
The issue of juveniles being automatically prosecuted as adults in Michigan has been a controversial subject for a long time. For many years, it seems, the idea was that by treating juveniles as adults, we’d ensure that they get stiffer sentences more proportional to the crimes they commit. Why? To lower the rate of juvenile […]
[Read More]Didn’t Take The Cash? Returned The Wallet? Still Counts as an Armed Robbery in Michigan!
Earlier this month a man in Ypsilanti Township had a surreal but still very scary experience. He was held at ‘gunpoint’ by an armed man in his 50s, who approached him with a pipe fashioned to look like a gun. The man forced him to hand over his wallet, which he did. But once the […]
[Read More]Four Michigan Laws About The Dead You Need to Know This Halloween!
It’s Halloween! Which means it’s time for dressing up, handing out candy, carving jack ‘o lanterns, and visiting your favorite haunted house. (Or traipsing about in the rain and slush while everyone gives your kids free candy, and then stealing some of it later as payment after they’ve finally gone to sleep – we’re parents, […]
[Read More]Is it Illegal to Fire a Gun Inside my House in Michigan?
You would think the answer to this is a resounding “no”. After all, if it’s your house and your gun, and you’re licensed to carry a firearm in Michigan, then whose business is it if you choose to shoot up the inside of your own home, right? Actually, logical as that may seem to you, […]
[Read More]DID YOU DROP DIRTY? Your Drug Test Can’t Tell The Difference Between CBD and THC! (Pt 2)
Hi there and welcome back! We’ve been talking about the difference between CBD and TCH, and the fact that many drug tests can’t tell the difference. In the previous article we broke down the different ways that the two compounds affect the human brain and body, and how this affects the ways in which they […]
[Read More]DID YOU DROP DIRTY? Your Drug Test Can’t Tell The Difference between CBD and THC! (Pt 1)
A recent article in the New York Times brought home a very real issue that we here in Michigan are on the cusp of dealing with – the fact that drug tests often can’t tell the difference between CBD and THC. Not sure what the differences are yourself? Let’s take a quick look at what […]
[Read More]Flint Has Installed Cameras in High Crime Neighborhoods!
The idea of being monitored round the clock is a very “big brother” concept that doesn’t sit well with some people here in Michigan and particularly in Genesee County. For the British, who’ve had their every public move recorded by CCTV for decades, the idea isn’t all that strange. But here in the U.S., and […]
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