It is estimated that about one in every ten American has diabetes. While this is clearly a national health issue, there is also a legal issue that can accompany a case of diabetes. Interestingly, many of the same behaviors that intoxicated people exhibit can be present in diabetics when their blood sugar is too low, or hypoglycemic, to use the medical term.Hypoglycemia is a state where your blood sugar...

Smartphones have had attachments for a while now that will turn your phone into a breathalyzer. However, there is now another way your phone may be able to tell if you are too intoxicated to drive. All smartphones have something called an "accelerometer" built in to their operating systems. The accelerometer can measure variations in your walking patterns, and by analyzing them, determine if you are impaired.Does this sound too...

The Freddie Gray Murder case has made headlines around the country and the Maryland crime with which the officers in the murder have been charged is an interesting one. The officers have been charged with Second Degree Depraved Heart Murder. This is where the murder is not planned, as in First Degree Murder, but a murder is committed by an individual with "an extreme disregard for human life."In a Depraved...

Florida's Stand Your Ground law has had much attention in the past. Mainly due to the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. But, what exactly does the law mean? Here is the Florida statute on which the law is based:(1) A person is justified in using or threatening to use force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is...

A conviction by a court is a permanent record of guilt. If you are convicted of a crime in a courthouse in the United States it is forever a testament to the world that you have, indeed, committed a crime. That being said, in some states you have have a conviction "expunged." What does that mean? In some states, once a person has successfully completed the terms of probation, they...