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North Carolina juvenile justice law targets felony offenses amid increased reports of teenage crime

JURIST

The updated legislation allows 16- and 17-year-olds charged with Class A through E felonies to now be tried as adults. Cases involving Class F through I felony offenses and non-motor vehicle misdemeanors for 16- and 17-year-olds will remain in juvenile delinquency court. The new law also includes provisions for flexibility.

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How to Communicate Criminal History to Potential Employer

Paralegal.edu

Law firms typically refrain from reviewing or selecting candidates with a misdemeanor or felony conviction for drugs, assault, theft, burglary, trespass, and any offenses involving weapons. These are considered crimes of “moral turpitude.”

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‘Preschool Prevents Crime’: Police, Prosecutors Call for Fed Investment

The Crime Report

While education has been a known deterrent to future crime, advocates articulated a comprehensive roadmap to show how real success can be achieved, according to a new report from the group. Because of this fact, researchers and advocates have long studied the impact that early education — particularly preschool — can have on children.

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Giving Former Incarcerees a ‘Fair Chance’ at a Decent Job

The Crime Report

Other states, such as Colorado, Florida and New Hampshire, prohibit the consideration of misdemeanors and lower-level, nonviolent felonies in licensure determinations, realizing that these offenses do not portend whether licensure will pose a risk to the public.

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The Krasner Effect: DAs Can Lead the Way Towards Ending Mass Supervision

The Crime Report

Supervision lengths for felonies fell from an average of 48 months to 36 months, and from 12 months to 9 months for misdemeanors. Last month, his office released a report documenting the impact of these two changes: The number of people on supervision fell from 48,000 to fewer than 28,000. Racial disparities significantly narrowed.

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The Challenge of Life After Prison

The Crime Report

The report, released in early March by the nonprofit Collateral Consequences Resource Center , studied laws aimed at restoring rights after incarceration, such as voting rights, felony and misdemeanor relief, non-conviction relief, and abilities to obtain employment and occupational licensing. It ranked Illinois as No.

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States Increase Efforts to End ‘Internal Exile’ of Former Incarcerees: Report

The Crime Report

Additionally, 17 states passed 26 new laws that open opportunities to previously incarcerated individuals, allowing them to pursue employment and occupational licensing, while dozens of other laws now open housing, education, driver’s license, and other public benefits. not disenfranchising at all).

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