Sex Crimes Defense

WEBVTT 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:06.690 We talk about sex crimes. 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:12.200 We've handled everything from somebody who is supposed to have grabbed a female 00:00:12.225 --> 00:00:21.900 breast without permission, to full-on rape at knifepoint and everything in between. 00:00:21.925 --> 00:00:31.500 What's not unusual for us to see is two young people who are in bed together, and 00:00:31.525 --> 00:00:37.820 our clients only find out that they're accused of a crime at a later point the 00:00:37.845 --> 00:00:42.975 next day when the police are calling saying, "This person says you did 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:44.420 something without their permission. 00:00:44.445 --> 00:00:46.960 This person says you did something against their will. 00:00:46.985 --> 00:00:49.660 " It's a very common scenario. 00:00:49.685 --> 00:00:52.700 We see it all the time with college students. 00:00:52.725 --> 00:00:57.960 Sex crime can be anything from sexual abuse, which can be a non-consensual 00:00:57.985 --> 00:01:04.050 touching of the female breast or somebody's buttocks, somebody's genitals, 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:11.180 all the way through sexual assault, penetration against somebody's will. 00:01:11.205 --> 00:01:15.620 The implications of being convicted of a sex crime: 00:01:15.645 --> 00:01:17.850 and it really doesn't matter what it is. 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:22.600 If you have to put down on a job application, you've been convicted of a 00:01:22.625 --> 00:01:26.930 sex crime, if you're trying to get into a house somewhere. 00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:32.200 Even in a relationship, and you have to tell somebody you've been 00:01:32.225 --> 00:01:36.290 accused of a sex crime, these are things that can ruin your life. 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:38.540 This is a serious offense. 00:01:38.565 --> 00:01:41.340 Because these cases are so serious, experience matters. 00:01:41.365 --> 00:01:44.060 You need somebody who's handled these cases. 00:01:44.085 --> 00:01:47.780 You need somebody who knows the prosecutors, knows the police 00:01:47.805 --> 00:01:53.095 officers that are involved, knows who to talk to, knows what to look 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:54.800 for, and knows how to collect that evidence.