Looking for sex online is risky behavior that often leads to serious legal consequences. In yet another recent sex offense case involving undercover cops, a Darcy Dean Racus took a very hard fall. The case relied upon phone taps. His conviction for Attempted Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Communicating with a Read More…
Author: Jan Olson
Vacating Criminal Conviction May Get Easier
Under current Washington law, a person can vacate an unlimited number of felonies but only one misdemeanor. A proposed bill, likely to pass this session, would change this disparity and streamline the process. Vacating a criminal conviction allows a person to truthfully state that they have not been convicted of a crime in job interviews, Read More…
Washington to Consider Changes to Sexting Teens and Child Pornography Laws
When laws are hastily written, vague or overly broad, they can do more harm than good. I have previously written about the criminal sexual offense of Dealing in Depictions of a Minor Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct. That crime is currently defined as any person that “develops, duplicates, publishes, prints, disseminates, exchanges, finances, attempts to Read More…