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Not long ago, this blog discussed the issue of prison overcrowding and the need for solutions. This important need is especially valid in light of a recent report that prison assaults have doubled as ...
Read Full ArticleA gag order is either a legal order issued by the court or by the government, or a private order issued by an employer or institution, that restricts information from being made available to the publi...
Read Full ArticleDomestic violence is a disturbing reality throughout the United States. It is said that one in four women will be abused at some point during her lifetime, and that between 600,000 and six million wom...
Read Full ArticleOne of the most common reasons West Virginians file for bankruptcy is to save their homes. During the housing boom, many mortgage brokers coaxed people into buying homes that they could not afford. Th...
Read Full ArticleOne of the most common reasons West Virginians file for bankruptcy is to save their homes. During the housing boom, many mortgage brokers coaxed people into buying homes that they could not afford. Th...
Read Full ArticleRecently, a 20-year old West Virginia man arrested for a DUI slipped his handcuffs and shot at police officers, killing one. The police officers pulled over Luke Baber at a park-and-ride off of Inters...
Read Full ArticleWest Virginia state officials are getting a crash course in how to spot criminals' online activity . Indiana State Police Lieutenant Chuck Cohen, commander of Indiana's special investigations and crim...
Read Full ArticleWhen we at the Wolfe Law Firm discuss crime, we usually aren't referring to jumping toll. Yet one common crime -- or rather, infraction -- committed by West Virginians is avoiding paying the toll to u...
Read Full ArticleRecently, an unthinkable tragedy occurred when a teenage boy killed his parents and younger sister in their Doddridge County Home. Law enforcement officials have arrested the boy, 16-year old Joseph S...
Read Full ArticleRecently, a West Virginia doctor was sentenced to six months in prison by a federal judge after her criminal conviction for prescribing medication as part of a pill mill. Diane Shafer is considered to...
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