W. Joseph Edwards, Attorney at Law

03/25/2024

a Michigan jury found 45-year-old Jennifer Crumbley guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter. A little over a month later, James Crumbley, Ethan’s father, was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter.

03/12/2024

the Supreme Court handed down a sweeping victory for Donald Trump

This is the second major victory the Supreme Court handed Trump in less than one week.

03/10/2024

Prosecuting the most serious and complex crimes in the county demands a level of skill and expertise that can only be honed over time. I have trained my entire legal career for the job of Franklin County Prosecutor.

03/07/2024

The practice prioritizes efficiency over fairness and innocence, the American Bar Association says, and leads innocent people to be coerced into guilty pleas.

The practice prioritizes efficiency over fairness and innocence, the American Bar Association says, and leads innocent people to be coerced into guilty pleas.

03/05/2024

What happens when you get a DUI varies based on where you live and other factors.

What happens when you get a DUI varies based on where you live and other factors. Getting a DUI may result in different consequences in different states.

02/29/2024

The Justice Department’s No. 2 official is directing federal prosecutors to try imposing harsher penalties against criminals who’ve used AI to advance their misconduct.

The Justice Department’s No. 2 official is directing federal prosecutors to try imposing harsher penalties against criminals who’ve used AI to advance their misconduct.

02/27/2024

A defendant who is found guilty but mentally ill may, at the discretion of the corrections department, be referred for mental health treatment.

The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Georgia can’t retry a defendant who was found not guilty of malice murder by reason of insanity, even though the verdict was inconsistent with jury findings on other charges.

02/22/2024

Although the process may vary somewhat from state to state, these are the steps that most criminal cases follow until their case is resolved.

If you have been arrested for a crime, you are at the beginning of what could become a long journey through the criminal justice system.

02/21/2024

A new report estimates that the number of people on electronic monitoring has more than tripled since 2015. The growth has been driven in part by a steady increase in the use of electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system.

New research finds that the number of people being placed on electronic monitoring has tripled since 2015, ballooning to half a million people in 2022.

02/15/2024

Although the police can get creative when trying to get a confession, there are theoretical limitations. If you're in police custody, it's generally wise to request a lawyer and refuse to answer questions until they arrive.

Are you a cop? You have to tell me if you're a cop! Unfortunately, no, they do not have to tell you if they're a cop.

02/13/2024

A statute of limitations is a law that defines the maximum amount of time in which parties involved in a dispute must initiate legal proceedings following an alleged offense.

A statute of limitations is a law that sets the maximum time that parties have to initiate legal proceedings from the date of an alleged offense.

01/30/2024

Thanks to a series of technological advances, it's now possible to detect DNA at levels hundreds or even thousands of times lower than when DNA fingerprinting was developed in the 1980s. But this heightened sensitivity can create false positives.

Greg Hampikian expresses how DNA analysis has helped free thousands of wrongly convicted people, but it can also implicate bystanders