Confirmation Bias: The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
Idaho Criminal Defense and DUI Defense Blog
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What Is SLD?
Sheriffs Labor Detail SLD stands for the Sheriffs Labor Detail, sometimes also known as the Sheriffs Inmate Labor Detail (SILD). This is a work crew overseen by the Sheriffs Office made up of low risk offenders who choose to performs public labor rather than serving their sentence actually i...
The Preliminary Hearing – to waive or not to waive, that is the question.
The decision whether to waive a preliminary hearing, and give up a review of the probable cause determination, can often be a tough one for clients to make. Every client hopes a win at preliminary hearing means the whole case goes away before it really ever started. Unfortunately, the truth is th...