by BetterStart | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog
What Is Arrest Record Sealing? For innocent people who are wrongfully arrested, California has a process to seal or destroy your arrest record. Penal Code 851.8 provides that a person who has been arrested or detained and is determined to be factually innocent may...
by BetterStart | Jan 23, 2016 | Blog
Something For Sunday Recently I had the opportunity to visit the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial at the National Mall in Washington D.C. Two enormous boulders welcomed me into a garden-like setting overlooking the Potomac River. Immediately, I was overcome with a...
by BetterStart | Dec 23, 2015 | Blog
“THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN IMMIGRATION REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS” The consequences of deportation can be devastating. Despite the gravity of removal from the United States, the Constitutional Sixth Amendment right to counsel does not apply in...
