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Michigan Drops Conviction Box from Job, License Applications

Associated Press By David Eggert Gov. Rick Snyder is ordering the state to no longer ask job applicants and people seeking certain occupational ...

The New York Times By John Leland Venita Pinckney grew up around Catholic schools and churches, and she thought she knew about nuns. Then a smal...

The Atlantic By Vann R. Newkirk II Richmond is hot in the summer. August days in Virginia’s capital feature the kind of heat that shimmers in wa...

County News By Rachel Looker Citizens who committed low-level crimes in the state of Utah are getting a second chance to have a “clean slate” th...

Stateline By Rebecca Beitsch In analyzing criminal cases in Baltimore last year, Maryland lawyer and software programmer Matthew Stubenberg foun...

The Crime Report By Ted Gest To many Americans, “criminal justice reform” means addressing two prominent challenges: reining in abusive police o...

Village Soup By Fran Gonzalez Four Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center graduates described their personal paths to sobriety and recovery ...

The Pantagraph By Edith Brady-Lunny SPRINGFIELD — A new Illinois law gives a break to ex-offenders who finish high school and other courses whil...

Collateral Consequences Resource Center By David Schlussel On September 30, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 2...