Criminal Defense Attorney and Author of She's So Cold
By Don McInnis
By Don McInnis Over the span ofhis 40-year legal career, Mr. McInnis has worked alternately for the prosecution and for the defense, having served as a deputy district attorney for two California counties and as a deputy public defender for one California county during his early professional …
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By Don McInnis
The California Supreme Court on February 17, 2021, upheld a California law that prohibits a child 15 from being tried as an adult. The ruling meant that a 15-year-old youth could only be dealt with in juvenile court. Under California law, the youth would be set free at age 25 or younger. It is now …
By Don McInnis
Defense Attorney Gives Insider's Perspective on Coerced Confessions from Innocent Youths February 1998: The small town of Escondido, California, reeled from the breaking news that not only had three teenage boys been charged with the murder of 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe, but one of the boys was …