sex crimes

Ozark Man Convicted on Counts of Rape, Sodomy

September 30, 2013

Christopher Carroll Lively, a 36-year-old Ozark man, was convicted this week of five sex-related charges the Dale County Circuit Court. It took the jury less than 30 minutes to return guilty verdicts on all five counts. The charges included first-degree rape and sodomy. According to authorities, the crimes were ongoing for almost a decade, as […]

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Romeo and Juliet Law needed in Alabama

September 3, 2013

Several years ago, one of our Birmingham criminal attorneys at Parkman & White, LLC represented a young man charged with Rape II, also known in Alabama as Statutory Rape.  Alabama’s Code makes it a Class B felony, for a person 16 years of age or older to have sexual relations with a person older than […]

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5 Articles About Sex Crimes

February 28, 2013

Sex crimes charges are generally never what you want to find yourself facing. The stigma that accompanies them is usually the “guilty until proven innocent” and even once the accused is proven innocent their reputations have been fully tarnished and sometime unrepairable. Here is a list of 5 articles relating to sex crime laws form […]

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Some Things You Wouldn’t Expect To Be Sex Crimes

January 16, 2013

(Based on criminal law in various US states.) Sometimes you might be charged with sex crimes even when you didn’t think that you should be. A sex crime sticks to you, it follows you everywhere. It can and will change your work, social, school, even your housing life. They can twist your life upside down […]

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