With Labor Day just around the corner, many Americans are fortunate enough to have the day off from work. A number of these folks choose to spend their day off with family and friends as they celebrate closing out the summer. On this day and any other, it is important to maintain integrity, whether or [...]

Following the murder of seven year old Megan Kanka by convicted sex offender Jesse Timmendequas, who recently moved in across the street from the Kanka family, New Jersey enacted Megan’s Law. The law was created to establish a registration system for all sex offenders, which would give notification to local organizations and communities about the [...]

While many people associate prison time and hefty fines with more traditional crime, like acts of violence or physical theft, there are other, more fraudulent ways to find yourself charged with a daunting sentence. White collar crime, usually committed by individuals against businesses or the government, is still taken very seriously and will have more [...]

Ah, the open road and the exhilaration of speed; an uncommon feeling of freedom. You know the speed limit is 35, but 50 just feels so right, and aren’t those speed limits just vague suggestions anyway? Suddenly, coming out of a particularly exciting turn, you see it: a parked police cruiser. You slam on the [...]

Whether you’re a long time Judge Judy devotee, a crime drama addict, or simply someone who overheard a legal case on the news, you’ve likely heard the term Burden Of Proof before. But what does the phrase mean, and where does it fit into our legal system? If you’re looking for answers, you’ve come to [...]

Over the last month, Catanzaro Law has explored clemency and its various manifestations in the U.S. legal system. Pardons, commutations, and reprieves have all been used throughout U.S. history to grant some level of leniency to criminals ready for reform. But what do these processes look like to the layperson? How can a criminal apply [...]

We’ve covered blogs about heroin and fentanyl, but there’s another deadly opiate out there: carfentanil. Carfentanil is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine. Although overdose deaths continue to decline nationwide, the battle for our communities and our loved ones continues. Carfentanil is another side of the battle. Here’s a few [...]

In the state of New Jersey, stalking is a serious crime with serious consequences. Laws about it continue to change and develop nearly every week in order to keep up with trends on the internet. Whether you’ve been accused of stalking or have been the victim of stalking, you need correct information. Here’s a helpful [...]

We’ve all seen My Cousin Vinny. Joe Pesci’s character, Vincent Gambini, seems to make all the courtroom mistakes. Dressing inappropriately, disrespecting the judge, sleeping, cursing, disrupting procedure – he doesn’t miss one! Eventually, he learns procedure the hard way and (spoiler alert) wins the case. This week’s post is so that you don’t have to [...]