Blog Posts in January, 2016

Cumberland Man Indicted for Child Molestation

As reported in the January 25, 2016 edition of the Providence Journal, a Cumberland man has been indicted by the grand jury on charges of first and second degree child molestation. The man, who is 84 years old, is accused of committing these crimes in the mid-1980s. The man is scheduled to be arraigned in February. Pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 11-37-8.1, first degree child molestation is ...

Expungement Legislation Proposed

As reported by Katherine Gregg in the January 19, 2016 edition of the Providence Journal, the General Assembly is taking steps to improve Rhode Island’s expungement laws for deferred sentences. Deferred sentences are five (5) years in length and are typically imposed in non-violent felony cases such as embezzlement, larceny and drug possession. After the sentence is complete, the person would be ...