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New Law Helps Offenders Who Help Themselves

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...

The Victims Who Don’t Count

The Marshall Project By Alysia Santo After his father was murdered in Sarasota, Florida, in 2015, Anthony "Amp" Campbell was in shock. Not only ...

How Letting Felons Vote Is Changing Virginia

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...

Do Renters' past Crimes Matter? Study Says Often Not.

Finance and Commerce By William Morris Every landlord wants to find reliable, rule-abiding tenants. A new study by four local developers suggest...

Got a Criminal Record? It’s Getting Easier, Less Expensive to Expunge It

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

Reentry Week Programs for Formerly Incarcerated

New Haven Register By Clare Dignan About 100 people come out of prison to return home to the city every month. This week begins an awareness cam...

State Program Gives Inmates Their Voice Back

Albuquerque Journal By Matthew Reisen With only months remaining on a 10-year sentence for drug trafficking, 38-year-old Justin Mack says he wan...

The Need for a Helping Hand

Portland Tribune By Peter Korn Robert Lyday never even made it past the sidewalk in front of the Old Town Greyhound bus station. He’d been re...

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 ...

Opinion: Clean the Slate for Nonviolent Offenders

By Stephen A. Zappala Jr., Allegheny County District Attorney For the past 20 years, my office has prosecuted hundreds of thousands of criminal cas...

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