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New York law sealing criminal records for certain offenses takes effect

JURIST

The Clean Slate Act automatically seals criminal records for individuals’ convictions after they complete any resulting “incarceration, parole, probation, or post-release supervision” and avoid subsequent criminal convictions.

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The Role of a Criminal Law Paralegal

Paralegal Bootcamp

I have been in the legal field for over 30 years and a paralegal going on eight years. Then, an opportunity came along to work for the County Public Defender’s Office, defending people in misdemeanor, felony, and now the only paralegal in the office on capital cases. Preparing legal memorandums is one of my favorite things to do.

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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

JURIST

The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). ” Petitioner Charles Borden Jr. ” Petitioner Charles Borden Jr.

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Can the ‘War’ on Gun Violence Learn From the Mistakes of the War on Drugs?

The Crime Report

As states slowly started to legalize and decriminalize certain drugs, authorities have moved to less punitive approaches to address the social costs of addiction. The relationship between anti-gun and anti-drug initiatives becomes clear when looking at felony convictions. How Should We Regulate ‘Dangerous Products’?

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The ‘Assembly-Line’ Justice of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

This despite the fact that we know myriad innocent people charged with felonies plead guilty. Most importantly, we need to decide as a society whether we value shortcuts or justice in our criminal legal system, because we’ve proven we can’t have both. Rebecca Brown is Policy Director of the Innocence Project.

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The Secret Success of Federal Probationers

The Crime Report

Similarly, the Commission found that nearly half of supervision violators engaged in new felony conduct, but the figure for probation violations was only one-third. Supervised release , by contrast, is a term of supervision that follows imprisonment , applicable to any defendant convicted of a felony or grade-A misdemeanor.

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An Inside Look into Incarcerated Education

Blackstone Career Institute

Potential Opportunity for Future Certification One of the potential benefits of our Paralegal certificate program is receiving the 900 clock hours needed to sit for the CP Exam administered by the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA).