With alcohol, the legal limit for a driver's Blood Alcohol Concentration is 0.08%, and the court assumes that anyone with that type of reading on a Breathalyzer is impaired. This has been challenged occasionally, but the idea is that we generally think we understand...

Month: May 2020
Conspiracy: You can still do time if you didn’t do the crime
All the best cartoon sleuths catch the villains before they carry out their dastardly plans. However, the villain still gets taken away by the police. If the authorities consider you were planning to commit a crime, they can charge you with conspiracy to commit the...
Why the days of “innocent” school fights have long since gone
"Fight, fight, fight." Does that bring back nostalgic memories of innocent playground fights in elementary school? Of running towards the circle of children egging on two students wrestling on the ground? Or perhaps it brings back less pleasant memories of trying to...
Marijuana possession can jeopardize college prospects
College is a time in which students can make mistakes and learn from those mistakes in a safe environment. It is a student’s first time away from home, where they can enjoy the company of their peers without being under the watchful eye of their parents. It is natural...