Cookouts, pool parties, graduation celebrations — it's the best time of year in New Milford. But before the invitations go out, every parent in Litchfield County needs to understand one thing: if minors are drinking at your home, Connecticut law can hold you criminally and civilly responsible — even if you didn't supply the alcohol, and even if you weren't there.

Ernesto Miranda was accused of terrible crimes. Yet the case bearing his name became one of the most important legal decisions in American history. Sometimes bad people make good law — and the rights that came from his case have protected millions of people ever since. Here's what you need to know.

Connecticut’s Accelerated Rehabilitation and Youthful Offender programs give first-time offenders a second chance, helping them avoid convictions and protect their future with proper legal guidance.