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How to Communicate Criminal History to Potential Employer

Paralegal.edu

They can and do enter the legal field, despite the limitations a criminal record presents. Law firms typically refrain from reviewing or selecting candidates with a misdemeanor or felony conviction for drugs, assault, theft, burglary, trespass, and any offenses involving weapons.

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Alvin Bragg and The Art of Not Taking Law Too Seriously

JonathanTurley

He replied “An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn’t take his education too seriously.” I have long been a critic of the Bragg indictment as legally incomprehensible. After all, the base charge is a simple misdemeanor under a New York law against falsifying business records. It was so implausible as to be impossible.

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Pennsylvania Launches Program to Clear Criminal Convictions

The Crime Report

Convictions result in nearly 900 collateral consequences that restrict housing, employment and even education.

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Los Angeles DA Gascón Announces Human Trafficking Diversion Program

The Crime Report

The program will offer a variety of services, including individual and group counseling for alcohol and substance abuse, mental health treatment, job training, career opportunities, educational and financial planning, resume services and criminal record clearing.

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NY Lawmakers Compete to Decriminalize Sex Work

The Crime Report

The Stop the Violence in the Sex Trades Act, introduced by Senator Julia Salazar, would decriminalize consensual sex between adults in exchange for a fee, which is currently a class B misdemeanor. The bill would make selling sex legal but still prosecute patrons and pimps.

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US dispatch: recent SCOTUS rulings contribute to a divided Fourth of July

JURIST

Jackson overturned decades of precedent to declare that the right to abortion cannot be found in the Constitution, turning the question of abortion’s legality over to the states. Nebraska, Department of Education v. Last summer, Dobbs v. Milligan and Moore v. Texas ), Affirmative Action ( Students for Fair Admissions v.

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How (Some) Prosecutors Changed the Face of Justice in 2021

The Crime Report

Congress has failed to pass police reform, there has been disappointing backlash against racial equity efforts, and injustice continues to permeate our criminal legal system. And while we must revisit decades-long sentences, addressing misdemeanors, which make up more than 80 percent of all criminal cases, is also critical.