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Businesses face civil and criminal penalties for refusing same-sex business

Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?   Officials in a northern Idaho city have threatened two citizens with arrest, fines and imprisonment after the citizens “politely declined” a same-sex couple’s request to be married at their…

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City backs away from attempt to seize sermons from pastors who objected to ordinance

Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?   A group of Texas pastors who participated in a political effort to repeal a controversial city ordinance have been targeted by pro bono attorneys representing the City of Houston.…

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Fall foliage playing unexpected role in hunt for accused cop killer

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I have an outstanding warrant, what should I do?”   North Carolina is not the only state that boasts of rich fall foliage painting its Appalachian hillsides and mountains annually. Now one eastern seaboard state is counting on…

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Disturbing trend sees disaffected youths joining terrorist fighters abroad

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Should I talk to the police?”   Notes urging loved ones not to give away your criminal plans are never a good idea, especially if you do not want to get caught. This is something would-be ISIS fighter Mohammed…

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Young woman plans to commit suicide on Nov. 1, wants others to have the same right

Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?   A 29-year-old terminally ill woman is shining her light on “dying with dignity,” a cause she hopes she furthers when she kills herself on November 1. On that date,…

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Charlotte eye doctors arrested after detectives uncover alleged hydrocodone trafficking

Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “If I simply intend to plead guilty, why do I need a lawyer?”   Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers arrested two Charlotte eye doctors on Tuesday and charged them with trafficking in opiates, obtaining a…

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Commissioner wants NC bicyclists licensed, insured, registered and taxed

Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Can the police search my car without a warrant?”   When the humanity of the future looks back at our American age, they may properly describe it as the age of rules, an…

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Question we should be asking on death penalty is “Are we doing this or not?”

Charlotte DWI Lawyer Brad Smith answers the question: What are the long term effects of being convicted of a crime?   North Carolina’s death row houses 152 inmates awaiting execution. The state has not executed an inmate since 2006. A series of lawsuits brought by death-row inmates in 2007 led…

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Man acquitted of killing drunk driver who killed his two sons fears vigilante justice

Charlotte DWI and Criminal Defense Attorney J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “Is there more than one way for police to convict a DWI?”   A man who authorities said shot to death the drunk driver who killed his two sons has now left his…

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Proposed “smoking” ban just the latest assault on personal freedom

J. Bradley Smith of Arnold & Smith, PLLC answers the question “What is the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony?”   Mecklenburg County wants to ban cigarette smoking, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes on public lands, including golf courses, greenways and parks. It lacks the legal authority to prohibit…

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