Under current Washington law, a person can vacate an unlimited number of felonies but only one misdemeanor. A proposed bill, likely to pass this session, would change this disparity and streamline the process. Vacating a criminal conviction allows a person to truthfully state that they have not been convicted of a crime in job interviews, Read More…
Tag: Criminal Defense
Washington to Consider Changes to Sexting Teens and Child Pornography Laws
When laws are hastily written, vague or overly broad, they can do more harm than good. I have previously written about the criminal sexual offense of Dealing in Depictions of a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct. That crime is currently defined as any person that “develops, duplicates, publishes, prints, disseminates, exchanges, finances, attempts to Read More…
Undercover Cops Pose as Escort Via Text Message
Undercover prostitution stings are nothing new. There is a very good chance the escort you hired through alternative print media, Craigslist, or the Internet is actually an undercover police officer. You are likely being lured down a path of personal destruction and criminal prosecution. From TV and movies, we’ve learned that a john gets pinched Read More…