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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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An Inside Look into Incarcerated Education

Blackstone Career Institute

Incarcerated individuals or individuals on any kind of court-imposed supervision due to a felony offense are not eligible to apply for the exam until after their time served and supervision are completed. Some of the course topics include criminal law, civil litigation, real estate law, family law, and more.

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The Newest Police Crimefighting Tool: Podcasts

The Crime Report

4, 2019, Peter Chadwick, a real estate magnate who fled the country in 2015 after being charged with his wife’s murder, was apprehended in Mexico. Real estate magnate Peter Chadwick, captured after four years on the run, is charged with murdering his wife. Illustration by Tony Rice via Flickr. New Take on Popular Genre.

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Legal Records Storage for Your Firm

MyCase

For example, a routine real estate closing will have less documentation than a criminal felony case. The area of practice and casework type should both be factored into your legal records management. Some cases/practice areas will produce more records than others.

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With The Onion’s support, satirist asks court to revive lawsuit against police who arrested him

SCOTUSBlog

After obtaining a warrant to investigate the owner of the page, police arrested Novak under an Ohio law that makes it a felony to “disrupt, interrupt, or impair” police operations. 548 to impinge upon the important state interests in securing real estate titles and collecting real property taxes. Resolution Trust Corp.

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New Jersey Puts ‘Fair Chance Housing’ on the National Agenda

The Crime Report

Illinois extended its Human Rights Act to cover “real estate transactions,” prohibiting inquiries about or discrimination based on arrests not leading to a conviction, juvenile records, or records ordered expunged, sealed, or impounded. See the Colorado profile for more details.

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Did the Biden Administration Just Give a Boost To the Hunter Biden Defense?

JonathanTurley

The feds sued Wynn over his effort to intervene in the case of Chinese businessman Guo Wengui , a billionaire real-estate magnate and critic of the Chinese government. If the Justice Department applied the same approach used in the Paul Manafort case, Biden would be looking at the serious prospect of a felony charge.