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The Family and Offender Sentencing Alternative: Our Most Under-Utilized Tool in the War on Crime

September 9, 2019/in Criminal Defense Law Blog, Criminal Sentencing/by Chris Van Vechten

The Parenting Sentencing Alternative allows some nonviolent offenders the opportunity to avoid prison, or get out of prison, in order to parent their children.

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A person in handcuffs - Now It's Easier to Vacate a Conviction (including immigration convictions)

Now It’s Easier to Vacate a Conviction (including immigration convictions)

July 29, 2019/in Criminal Defense Law Blog, Overturning Convictions/by Chris Van Vechten

The law has changed following passage of House Bill 1041, sponsored by Representative Drew Hansen, so that more people can apply to have their criminal records vacated and expunged than ever before.

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It's a scam - In 2016, the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office launched a new division called the High Priority Offender Unit (HPO).

Pierce County’s High Priority Offender Scam

January 22, 2019/in Civil Rights and the United States Constitution, Criminal Defense Law Blog/by Chris Van Vechten

In 2016, the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office launched a new division called the High Priority Offender Unit (HPO for short).  The idea was that prosecutors would use data from a defendant’s prior criminal history to assess whether this defendant is – compared to other criminal defendants –  disproportionately committing crimes.  By 2017 the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office claimed to have sent more than 650 HPOs to prison, which – they claim –dramatically reduced crime in the community. All of these claims range from suspicious to flat out untrue.

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