Diversion allows a defendant to earn dismissal of a charge by satisfying conditions set by the prosecutor or court, thereby avoiding conviction. Expun...
This journal article examines how to protect the benefits for youth of destroying records, while still ensuring that researchers, advocates, and decis...
In October 2021, Delaware's Correctional Reentry Commission (DCRC) released a blueprint to reduce the recidivism rate of Delaware residents being rele...
In an effort to argue for automatic pardons, this paper out of Santa Clara University identifies and estimates the “second chance gap” in Connecticut'...
This web-based guide, recipient of the Margaret Taylor Writing Award from the School of Government, explains in one place the principal mechanisms ava...
According to this journal article published in the Harvard Law Review, laws permitting the expungement of criminal convictions are a key component of ...
This journal article out of Santa Clara University identifies and estimates the “second chance gap” in Washington's “expungements” to determine the sh...