Avoiding Jail Time

The bad news is that you've been convicted of a crime. The good news is that even if the conviction carries a possible prison sentence, you may be able to avoid jail by receiving some form of alternative sentencing. There are many different forms of alternative sentencing such as probation or in-house arrest. These forms of sentencing are usually reserved for less severe crimes and allow someone to rehabilitate without going to jail, while also sparing the already overburdened prison system. Whether you receive one of these options as an alternative to jail will depend upon the specific facts of your conviction. This book is an in-depth look at criminal thinking and criminal behavior, the legal system, how crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and how you can minimize your chances of being imprisoned. An excellent book both for those who may be running the risk of incarceration, as well as those who worry about their family members or friends.

The bad news is that you've been convicted of a crime. The good news is that even if the conviction carries a possible prison sentence, you may be able to avoid jail by receiving some form of alternative sentencing. There are many different forms of alternative sentencing such as probation or in-house arrest. These forms of sentencing are usually reserved for less severe crimes and allow someone to rehabilitate without going to jail, while also sparing the already overburdened prison system. Whether you receive one of these options as an alternative to jail will depend upon the specific facts of your conviction. This book is an in-depth look at criminal thinking and criminal behavior, the legal system, how crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and how you can minimize your chances of being imprisoned. An excellent book both for those who may be running the risk of incarceration, as well as those who worry about their family members or friends.

The bad news is that you've been convicted of a crime. The good news is that even if the conviction carries a possible prison sentence, you may be able to avoid jail by receiving some form of alternative sentencing. There are many different forms of alternative sentencing such as probation or in-house arrest. These forms of sentencing are usually reserved for less severe crimes and allow someone to rehabilitate without going to jail, while also sparing the already overburdened prison system. Whether you receive one of these options as an alternative to jail will depend upon the specific facts of your conviction. This book is an in-depth look at criminal thinking and criminal behavior, the legal system, how crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and how you can minimize your chances of being imprisoned. An excellent book both for those who may be running the risk of incarceration, as well as those who worry about their family members or friends.

This book is a step-by-step guide to the sentencing of felonies, misdemeanors, and impaired driving in North Carolina. It includes the felony and misdemeanor sentencing grids that apply under Structured Sentencing and a table showing the different sentencing levels for DWI. The book also includes materials on diversion programs (deferred prosecution and conditional discharge), probation supervision, fines and fees, and sex offender registration.

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"[The report] finds that supervision -– probation and parole -– drives high numbers of people, disproportionately those who are Black and brown, right back to jail or prison, while in large part failing to help them get needed services and resources. In states examined in the report, people are often incarcerated for violating the rules of their supervision or for low-level crimes, and receive disproportionate punishment following proceedings that fail to adequately protect their fair trial rights."--Publisher website.

Winner of the 2018 Excellence in Financial Journalism Award From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, “a fast moving, fly-on-the-wall, disheartening look at the deterioration of the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission…It is a book of superheroes” (San Francisco Review of Books). Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing with impunity? The problem goes beyond banks deemed “Too Big to Fail” to almost every large corporation in America—to pharmaceutical companies and auto manufacturers and beyond. The Chickenshit Club—an inside reference to prosecutors too scared of failure and too daunted by legal impediments to do their jobs—explains why in “an absorbing financial history, a monumental work of journalism…a first-rate study of the federal bureaucracy” (Bloomberg Businessweek). Jesse Eisinger begins the story in the 1970s, when the government pioneered the notion that top corporate executives, not just seedy crooks, could commit heinous crimes and go to prison. He brings us to trading desks on Wall Street, to corporate boardrooms and the offices of prosecutors and FBI agents. These revealing looks provide context for the evolution of the Justice Department’s approach to pursuing corporate criminals through the early 2000s and into the Justice Department of today, including the prosecutorial fiascos, corporate lobbying, trial losses, and culture shifts that have stripped the government of the will and ability to prosecute top corporate executives. “Brave and elegant…a fearless reporter…Eisinger’s important and profound book takes no prisoners” (The Washington Post). Exposing one of the most important scandals of our time, The Chickenshit Club provides a clear, detailed explanation as to how our Justice Department has come to avoid, bungle, and mismanage the fight to bring these alleged criminals to justice. “This book is a wakeup call…a chilling read, and a needed one” (NPR.org).

This paper provides an overview of the federal sentencing system. For historicalcontext, it first briefly discusses the evolution of federal sentencing during the past fourdecades, including the landmark passage of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (SRA),1 inwhich Congress established a new federal sentencing system based primarily on sentencingguidelines, as well as key Supreme Court decisions concerning the guidelines. It thendescribes the nature of federal sentences today and the process by which such sentencesare imposed. The final parts of this paper address appellate review of sentences; therevocation of offenders' terms of probation and supervised release; the process whereby theUnited States Sentencing Commission (the Commission) amends the guidelines; and theCommission's collection and analysis of sentencing data.

This life we live is full of ups and downs, joy and pain, surprises and routines, godliness and evil, and many other things that we each handle in our own ways. Some of our ways are similar and some are exactly the opposite. Some of us strive to better ourselves, some of us choose to be content with our way of living, and some of us make our way of living hard with the decisions we make. In this life, there are some who listen to wisdom and take heed. There are some who listen to wisdom and disregard it. Then there are those who do not bother to listen at all. This book is for those who listen and take heed. I have been incarcerated several times and I feel as though jail is not the place to be. I have been locked up in county jail, city jail, and prison for crimes ranging from disorderly conduct to first degree murder. I am locked up now as I write this book. We learn from experience, so who better to write a book about jail than a person who has experienced all the different forms of jail. This book has three sections and purposes. The first section (chapters 1 through 11) is designed to help people avoid going to jail, by putting Christ as the head of their lives, by obeying God’s law and the law of man, by separating themselves from the wrong people, places, and things, by being joined together with the right people, places and things, by using their time wisely, by working and doing positive, constructive, legal things, and by being what people would refer to as a good person. In section two (chapters 12 through 25), I tell you how to live your life behind the bars, fences, and locked doors more safely, wisely, peacefully, in good health, and in hope. As always, God is first and should be first while you are in jail also. It is only with God that you will be able to do the things I suggest and live the way I advise you to live while in jail. Things such as keeping your cool in heated situations, being surrounded by drugs but remaining drug-free, living in the midst of criminals committing crimes but refraining from partaking, staying out of harm’s way, maintaining an intimate, personal relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus, while we are in a place that frowns upon godliness, having faith that all things work together for those who love God and are called by Him, and not losing hope would be impossible without God’s grace, mercy and love. This section should help you to live the life that God wants you to live during incarceration. Section three (Chapters 26 through 34) contains a lot of the same advice from section one. Basically, both chapters help to keep you from going to jail, but section three deals with the matter of having been to jail and now being out of jail. When I use the word “jail”, I am referring to a place of incarceration, so some of this section deals with post prison life with and without probation or parole; some of it simply deals with life after experiencing bondage. But all this section has one goal in mind - to prevent you from going back into that life of bars and locked doors. I give advice on most of the same stuff from section one but with different insight since you have already been in jail. For people who are on post-release supervision, probation, or parole, I explain the risk of doing things that are not illegal and still going to jail. If you are blessed enough to get arrested, not go to jail, but still have probation of some sort, it is a must that you read chapter 29 to know the truth in full detail. Section three gives less scenarios than section one, but in section three, I try to help you more by stressing the fact that you need to have Jesus as the head of your life to break the cycle of going back and forth to jail. Chapters 26 through 34 (section 3) should help you put the past behind you and move forward in your life to please God. This entire book consists of Scriptures that God gave us to know how to live. If you believe that the Scriptures are inspired by God, and you apply them to your life, along with my counsel on the matters at hand, you will make better decisions and put yourself in less consequential situations. I suggest that you start with chapter one and read the complete book first, then skip around to certain parts of the book as they pertain to what you are going through and who you are dealing with. To ensure the maximum potential of this book, do not take any shortcuts. Before you begin reading, pray that God gives you understanding. You should do this now, before you start on chapter one and every single time that you pick up this book to resume reading it. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you receive, retain and relay all the message written in this book. I am praying that all of you are helped by it. May the grace of God cause revelation and illumination in your life as you read. God bless you all.