The Crime Report
JANUARY 20, 2022
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill that expands the offenses eligible for expungement for drug court graduates, creating a path to expungement for recovering addicts who had been convicted of nonviolent, nonsexual child endangerment, reports the Asbury Park Press.
The Crime Report
APRIL 21, 2022
Advocates are pushing states to create updated felony standards, arguing that outdated laws, which vary wildly from state to state, are unfairly making felons out of people who committed minor crimes such as stealing a pair of shoes, reports Axios.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
On the same day, one man was sentenced to ten years in prison and a second pled guilty to felony charges. According to the Texas Bar , Sorelle is ineligible to practice law in Texas. Julian Khater, a rioter from of Somerset, New Jersey, plead guilty to assaulting officers with a deadly weapon.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 10, 2022
A “second chance law” in Indiana expunges criminal records after five to eight years. Meanwhile, New York City is poised to join three other cities in outlawing criminal background checks for residents seeking public housing. The city would join New Jersey, Seattle and San Francisco.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 25, 2022
This year’s rich harvest brings the total number of criminal record reforms enacted in the past three years to over 400 separate laws,” the report said, celebrating what it said was a bipartisan commitment to end “unwarranted discrimination” against the formerly incarcerated. not disenfranchising at all).
The Crime Report
JUNE 30, 2021
It is therefore encouraging that states have begun to enact laws limiting record-based disqualifications in housing decisions. On June 18, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law the Fair Chance in Housing Act , the most rigorous state legislation to date limiting consideration of criminal records in housing decisions.
The Crime Report
MAY 16, 2022
In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. The fact of the matter is that bail reform has been a disaster for New York City,” said Quinn. percent of total arrests and 20.2 percent and 25.1
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