The Law Office of Benjamin S. Gifford IV

01/12/2022

Impoverished and underprivileged individuals who are late in making payments towards court costs and fines are generally punished through the issuance of an arrest warrant and the suspension of their license. Those individuals consequently must pay additional fees to satisfy the warrant and renew their driver's license; if they do not have the money to renew their license, they can then be arrested for driving without a valid license, thus incurring even more costs and penalties.

Poverty is not a crime, and individuals should not be punished for lack of resources. Please take a moment to review the letter in the attached link describing current pending legislation designed to correct the flaws of Delaware's fines and fees process, and add your name in support of the enactment of this law.

By providing the information below, I agree to my name and/or the name of my organization being shown as a signatory on the Letter of Support (image attached) for HB 244 being sent to the General Assembly by the Campaign to End Debtors' Prisons. Learn more at finesandfeesde.org

06/01/2020

Anyone arrested for protesting in Wilmington on May 30, 2020, should contact my office. I will represent you for free.

06/01/2020

Anyone arrested for protesting in Wilmington on May 30, 2020, should contact my office. I will represent you for free.

Hundreds of protesters have blocked traffic on Interstate 95 through the heart of Wilmington in response to the death of George Floyd, who was killed after a white Minneapolis police

12/20/2017

Jameka and her family were living in a rental home in Wilmington when on Saturday, the roof caved in. She lost everything. Jameka has a 17 year old daughter in high school, a ten year old son and a 2 year old son. The family has been relocated, but cannot take anything with them. Please consi...

11/10/2017

If a capias has been issued for failure to appear in the Court of Common Pleas, you may never have received a notice to appear.

11/02/2017

Be safe this weekend!

Dover, DE. November 1, 2017 – As the fall season gets into full swing and with the holidays on the horizon, the Delaware Office of Highway Safety announces five DUI checkpoints to be set up on Saturday, November 4 as part of our Checkpoint Strikeforce mobilization. “We encourage Delawareans to pla...

10/23/2017

“Prosecutors are one of the biggest forces behind our society’s addiction to senseless mass human caging,” says Alec Karakatsanis, the Civil Rights Corps’ founder. “And for years, they have operated with virtually no transparency or accountability. Our hope is that cases like this one help tell people the story about what prosecutors have been doing in our legal system, away from view, and about why they have been doing it.”

Prosecutors are generally immune from accountability. A new joint initiative from Civil Rights Corps and the ACLU seeks to change that.

10/16/2017

Be careful this weekend.

The Delaware State Police is participating in a nationwide traffic crackdown and will be watching you by air and on the ground.

09/05/2017

On Friday, September 1st, our office celebrated its one year anniversary! Thank you to everyone for your support throughout our first year. We appreciate it so much!

08/03/2017

By the time Noura Jackson’s conviction was overturned, she had spent nine years in prison. This type of prosecutorial error is almost never punished.

07/28/2017

It was at least worth a shot.

A Minnesota man who was pulled over last weekend handed the deputy a get out of jail free card as he was being arrested, reports local news station KARE.