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ACLU-Know Your Rights:Publications Sent by Mail

Important Note: The law is always evolving. If you have access to a prison law library, it is a good idea to confirm that the cases and statutes cited below are still good law. The date at the bottom of this page indicates when this information sheet was last updated. The purpose of this document is to provide general information about the law – it

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Too Good to be True II

John P Contini Answers Your Legal QuestionsI exaggerated my income on a mortgage loan application. Could I get in trouble if someone finds out? Absolutely! Exaggerating income and lying about anything on a mortgage/credit card/bank loan application is fraud, and you may not know that “bank fraud“

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Too Good to be True

John P Contini Answers Your Legal QuestionsWhat do you do if you’re approached by someone and offered a deal on certain merchandise, and the deal seems too good to be true? If it seems to be too good to be true, then it probably is too good to be “true.” The odds are, the item being sold to you

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Arizona Justice Project Offers Help of DNA Testing

DNA analysis has been recognized not only as a tool to convict the guilty, but also as a method to help exonerate the innocent. Since 1989, DNA testing performed years after conviction has led to approximately 250 exonerations

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