legal maxims in criminal law

When my boyfriend came to my family home to ask for my hand in marriage, my sister-in-law, who was usually cold and aloof, became a completely different person. She flung her arm around me warmly and asked, “Cassie, who’s your favorite? This boyfriend or one of the dozen or so men that you’ve brought home before?” As I denied her accusation and interrupted her, she cheekily batted her eyelashes at my boyfriend and cooed, “Oh, yes, yes. Cassie has never brought another man home. You’re the lucky first!” In the midst of dinner, she deliberately took her own soiled underwear out of the bathroom, pinched her nose, and waved it around as she screeched, “Oh my goodness, Cassie! I know you don’t really care about hygiene, but we have guests today! How can you have no shame? It smells so bad!”

Three years after Fiona took the fall for her boyfriend and went to prison, she finally regained her freedom. She expected a promised wedding—instead, she walked straight into a lie of epic proportions. Her prince charming had traded her for a princess' favor, leaving her heartbroken and drowning in booze... Fiona had ONS with a hot stranger. Fiona thought the man was a call boy and she'd never see again.Turns out he's not only her new boss, but also the princess' father, the Alpha King. And, her ex's father-in-law.

Aurora Gray has always lived under the control of her cunning stepmother, Joanne, and is now forced into an engagement with the ruthless Patrick Hayes. But when Patrick's enigmatic elder brother, Dominic, enters the picture, Aurora finds herself drawn into a dangerous game of forbidden love. In a web of deceit and betrayal, Aurora uncovers secrets about her family's past, including the truth about Leo Levine-a man intent on vengeance upon the Grays. Danger draws near, and Aurora must make a choice between love, loyalty, or survival before the truth destroys them all.

“You, Arianna, are mine and mine alone! I don't bloody care whether he marked or married you first. I don't bloody care about the type of arrangement your father made with him. All I care about is that I want you…I need you” ******** Liam is the Alpha of the Alpha and the bully of the bad boys. He never starts a fight but makes sure to finish it. He is a beast that all men feared yet a god that all women wanted. He’d never been photographed with the same woman twice. But what happens when he has a one-night stand with a stranger who he must find and teach a lesson? What happens when he discovers this stranger to be his stepbrother's mate? Ariana's marriage was a deal arranged by her father and mate. Her mate doesn’t care for her or her feelings. He only wants one thing from her and will not let her go until he gets it. Unfortunately for Ariana, giving her mate his sole desires seems impossible. Just when she thought her life could not get any worse, she caught her mate fucking her best friend. Devastated, she ends up in a bar and later in the room of a stranger with whom she has a one-night stand. All hell let loose when she finds out the stranger is the Alpha King and her husband’s brother and she is pregnant for him. Ariana is forced to flee from her pack. She would do anything to protect her babies from her mate and his brother …except Liam is the Alpha King, and nobody hides from him, especially not the woman who has thawed his icy heart.

When a war between political gangs and mafia groups breaks up in fort canon city, Blake Walker an upcoming business man is forced to relocate to his in-laws to take shelter and recover from losing everything he has worked hard for. Muddled in this misfortune, his loving wife Tessa Wallace and her family would however turn on him and treat him worse than a street dog in the Wallace manor. None of their offence changes the love he has for Tessa until she decides to divorce him, beaten to a pulp and shot to the brink of death, Blake finally signs the divorce papers and gets thrown out of the manor. But the gods of luck would smile on him when it turns out he is a long lost Heir to one of the richest and most dangerous Mafia groups in the city. After taking his rightful place at the high table, revenge is inevitable and tables turn. He serves it hot with his guardian angel by his side. Anita Baker former employee at the manor and the only person who stood by him when he needed help the most.

"Unbelievable! My virtuous daughter-in-law wants to become my mistress. I must be dreaming." Watching Edrick pretending to be all surprised, I wanted nothing but the ground to open up and swallow me whole. "I am truly willing to do anything you want," I desperately said. "Suck my d**k. I need to check the product before I buy it, right?" The playful expression on Edrick's face faded as he spoke with an intimidating tone. "What!" I gasped. On the day Elaira got married, she was kidnapped by her ex Edrick from whom she ran away five years ago while being pregnant and discovered that Edrick was her husband's father. On top of that, Elaira's husband tried to give her away to his father as a price for getting acknowledgement as his heir. After knowing that she was just a pawn in her husband's scheme for inheritance and becoming her father-in-law's mistress overnight who will she choose? Her treacherous husband or formidable ex who wants Elaira to give birth to his child even though she is now his daughter-in-law!

Nathalia Amaris Sandoval is in a secret rebellion. Gustong-gusto niyang makuha ang atensyon ng ama na lagi na lamang nakatuon sa kaniyang Kuya Cielo, pero hindi niya kailanman inasahang ang isang pagkakamali ay babaguhin ang kaniyang buhay. Paano niya pa maitatama ang pagkakamaling nagsimula sa maling kwartong kaniyang napasukan? Kung ngayon ay nakatakda na siyang ikasal kay Isles Gaise Privello, a law student and a famous playboy, and also the man who hates her guts! Hanggang saan ang kaya nilang ilaban para sa pag-ibig na walang magandang simula? At hanggang kailan kayang panindigan ni Isles ang kaniyang pangako?

Si Ashley, nagising na lang isang araw na mahal na niya ang kanyang brother in-law. Asawa ng kanyang kapatid, hindi lang basta kapatid, kung hindi sarili niyang kakambal. Guilty and at the same time ay nasasaktan sa tuwing sweet ang mag-asawa ngunit wala siyang magawa dahil wala siyang karapatan. Alam niyang hindi niya pag-aari ang kanyang bayaw kaya naman nakukuntento na lang siya sa nakaw na sandaling pinagsasaluhan nila. Hanggang saan aabot ang kataksilan nila? Ano ang gagawin niya kung malaman niya na hindi pala totoo ang lahat ng pinaniniwalaan niya?

"Hindi ko alam kung sasapat ang pagmamahal ko sa iyo sa kabila ng mga nagawa ng pamilya mo sa angkan ko. Sobrang mahal kita, Noelle! Ngunit hindi ko maipapangako kung magagawa ko na palampasin ang kasamaan ng mga magulang mo," puno ng hinanakit na saad ni Kael. Si Noelle ay kabilang sa kilala at mayamang pamilya na nagmahal sa kagaya ni Kael na isang anak mahirap. Pinagbintangan at ikinulong ngunit nagbalik na may magandang buhay na maipapangalandakan. Nagbalik s’ya upang maitama ang pagkakamali na nagawa sa kanya ni Don Mondragon. Ang kanilang pagmamahalan ay napuno ng hinanakit na nagdulot ng malalim na sugat kay Kael na maagang naulila sa kagagawan at kasakiman ng ama ng babae, at si Noelle na naging biktima sa kasinungalingan at pambibintang ng sariling ama upang mapaikot sa mga palad nito at mapasunod sa gusto. May pag-asa pa kaya na manumbalik ang marubdob na pagmamahalan sa kabila ng magulong nakaraan na nagpapahirap sa kanila hanggang sa kasalukuyan? Alin ang mangingibabaw sa kanila, pagmamahal ba o mas mananaig ang galit sa dibdib ng isa sa kanila?

" IF LIFE GIVE YOU SH*TS, BE A BIGGER SH*TS!" - Agatha Revenge is not for everyone, life messes up all the time, but if you're brave enough to face the world, you'll become unstoppable. How would you survive if everyone around you is killing you slowly, what will you do if everything around you is all a lie. How will Agatha survive the struggle? Will she overcome everything and comeback and seek for revenge