False Allegations During the #MeToo Movement Over the course of 2017 and 2018, many began seeing the phrase #MeToo all over social media and news websites. The #MeToo Movement is a movement against sexual…
Sex Offenders & The Possibility of De-Registration When most people imagine sex offenders, they might picture violent criminals who pose a threat to their community. However, this is often not the case. Many sex…
A Treatment-Based Alternative to Incarceration The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with approximately 2.3 million behind bars. This alarming statistic stems from many systematic and cultural factors. One of…
The Past, Present, & Future of Drug Sniffing Dogs It’s no secret that here at Nicol Gersch Petterson, we LOVE animals. And since we work from home almost all of the time, our pets…
Can You Really Get Fired For Off-Duty, Legal Activities? Earlier this month, we discussed Colorado Marijuana Laws. Most of these laws are well known, such as that you have to be 21 or older…
What You Need to Know About Legally Possessing & Using Marijuana Wisdom of the Day: When people are bored, they love to get intoxicated (apparently). When Stay at Home Orders began to take effect…
What Are The Penalties For Violating Shelter-At-Home Orders? The coronavirus pandemic has brought huge changes to the world, and we have noticed that many big questions are weighing heavily on people’s minds. While we…
Children & Teenagers Do Stupid Things - But Are You Liable? With Stay At Home Orders constantly extending, many of us are running out of enjoyable things to do (except for those who recently…
Child Abuse: A Situational & Case-Specific Offense We are now entering Week 5 of following Colorado’s Stay At Home Order. Or is it Week 6? The time really does blend together when you’re stuck…
How Domestic Violence Charges Can Affect Housing We’ve written about domestic violence plenty of times before, but it’s a topic so messy we can never fully cover it in one blog post! Domestic violence…
