Darik Majoren
Darik Majoren answered travis dodds' question

You need to contact the local Child Protective Services . . . Maybe even anonymously. Let them swoop in to put the hammer down. Chances are before they remove your child they will look for other family members (YOU) willing to take the child . . . Hopefully your living situation can support this action … Read more

Pepper pot
Pepper pot answered falcon max's question

They can arrest you and take you in for questioning which may mean an overnight stay in cells at the police station, you should be entitled to legal representation, if in 24 hours they have no evidence they have to release you. No evidence no case. There is no such thing as a friendly chat, … Read more

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered falcon max's question

Scenario 1:  You're as pure as the driven snow but some malicious person decides to advise the police that you are doing something illegal.

Scenario 2:  You're doing something illegal and somebody informs the police.

In either case, if it's serious enough they will investigate and if there is evidence that the allegation is true, … Read more

Bikergirl Anonymous
Bikergirl Anonymous answered

Hmmm .. Good question .. Have you googled registration of citizenship in the country you reside?  Your parents would have to do it AND I suppose would have to prove you were born where they say you were born. All these years later, I also imagine there will be consequences for failing to register.  I … Read more

Tom  Jackson
Tom Jackson answered N. Harmonik's question

Guilty vs innocent is a moral judgment.

Guilty vs not-guilty is a legal judgment.

In the criminal justice system in the USA, there is a process in which a professional (district attorney or the equivalent) determines whether to "press charges" (seek an indictment) based in part on the absence or presence of criminal intent underlying the action … Read more

Call me Z
Call me Z answered N. Harmonik's question

At least in the country I live in, there is something called "Due Process", whereby defendents have the right to legal counsel, to face their accusers and be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law...so it goes in theory.

I can't speak to the practices of other legal systems.

KB Baldwin
KB Baldwin answered Katerina Sklepova's question

I dunno- I suspect a public caining would maybe more humiliating and give a person a clearer memory of the results of offending than writing a check.  And we could also sell tickets to supplement the treasury.  Problem is that the people opting for that option would be the poor who didn't have the money.  … Read more

Kidddas WG
Kidddas WG answered Katerina Sklepova's question

no

they should hire and have more greeters at the grocery store and department stores to check receipt before people leave.

they should have surveillance cameras all in the stores to record shoplifters

they should have steal detectors at the door

Bikergirl Anonymous
Bikergirl Anonymous answered Katerina Sklepova's question

How in the world could being given a choice of punishishment actually 'make an impression'? .. Punishment is supposed to be a deterrent ... And should fit the crime.  If one was given a choice, they were obviously choose the lesser aggressive or one that causes them the least amount of discomfort...certainly not MORE discomfort.  … Read more