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Although spanking and other forms of corporal punishment used to discipline children are less common than they used to be, some parents still choose corporal punishment for their children. Parents may wonder whether they can...

You can be charged with a crime in New York if you drive a vehicle while knowing that you have a suspended license. Depending on the particulars of your case, you could be charged with a misdemeanor or a felony. Further, the...

In some circumstances, you can be charged with a crime in New York if your dog bites someone. Typically, cases involving dog bites are civil, not criminal, proceedings, which means that a victim sues the dog owner in civil...

The police cannot stop you without having sufficient reason to do so. Under the United States Constitution (as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court), the police must have at least reasonable suspicion to believe an...

The police are legally allowed to take your DNA, but they will need to obtain a court order to force you to provide it. The police obtain DNA from a person primarily through two methods: when they collect an “abandoned”...