Pennsylvania and New Jersey Attorney Carla Risoldi opened her private practice, Risoldi Law Offices, LLC, with offices in Langhorne and New Hope Pennsylvania in July, 1994. Prior to that, Ms. Risoldi was an assistant district attorney in Bucks County, Pennsylvania..
"I have seen a lot of changes in the practice of criminal defense law over the decades," says Ms. Risoldi. "The prosecution has always had the advantage in terms of resources, but that has only increased with the increase in pro-prosecution, "tough on crime" statutes, the way the high courts have interpreted the law and the vast increases in funding and technology at the disposal of law enforcement as opposed to those available to the typical criminal defendant," she says. "I am encouraged at recent efforts at criminal justice reform such as reconsideration of 'three-strikes' laws, mandatory sentencing, sentencing guidelines and bail reform," she says, "but there is still a long way to go."
Also, technology that was supposed to assist criminal defendants, such as police "body cams" have not provided the promised benefits in many situations.. Often,. the video is missing, the camera turned off or selected portions only provided to the defense.. Also, police have long used technology to locate suspects using cell phones and there is currently many highly-publicized cases involving whether or not police can access a suspect's cell phone data or whether or not the suspect or defendant can be compelled to give pass codes to police or law enforcement can otherwise obtain access to cell phone or other devices through court orders.
Many states have lowered the blood alcohol level for driving under the influence cases and are grappling with new uses of technology to ascertain what is considered impaired driving when prescription and illicit drugs are involved. High courts have chipped away at constitutional protections against unlawful police stops and seizures.
Also, in areas such as white collar crime, many states have made arrangements whereby they have prosecutors whose salaries and all costs for investigators and the like are paid for entirely by the alleged victims of the crime, for example in the are of insurance fraud prosecutions. This leaves what many see as an improper conflict of interest since the prosecutors are being paid to criminally prosecute people who they allege improperly made insurance claims from companies who are paying their salaries. There are many interesting articles on this topic, the link for them can be found at the link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Insurance-Companies-Profit-by-Paying-Prosecutors-to-Arrest-Innocent-People-100870281341544/posts
If you are faced with being charged with a crime, you should always consult with an experienced attorney. Carla Risoldi can be reached at 215-741-3700.
