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Nora Demleitner, 90 New York University Law Review Online 36
(January 2016)In this response to Jason A. Cade's 'Return of the JRAD', Nora V. Demleitner argues that judicial opposition to disproportionate sentences and collateral consequences are limited as not all offenders, specifically those deemed dangerous, benefit from the changes in the sentencing system. Part I of this response focuses on the increasing ... -
The Council of State Governments and the Uniform Law Commission
(January 2016)Prepared as part of The Council of State Governments' Shared State Legislation–or SSL–program in support of the efforts of the Uniform Law Commission, the The Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act (UCCCA) is an effort to improve public and individual understanding of the nature of the problems associated with collateral consequences ... -
Center for American Progress
(December 2015)While the effects of parental incarceration on children and families are well-documented, this report argues that the family consequences that stem from the barriers associated with having a criminal record, whether or not the parent has ever been convicted or spent time behind bars are less appreciated. As the authors argue, a child’s ... -
Wayne A. Logan, 29 U.C. Davis Law Review 1
(November 2015)This article reveals that challenges arise when ex-offenders, having secured collateral consequences relief in one state, relocate to another and seek to have their restored status recognized there. When this occurs a legal conflict materializes not unlike that of late witnessed with same-sex marriage. Unlike same-sex marriage recognition, however, which ... -
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(November 2015)The purpose of this Notice from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Office of Public and Indian Housing is to inform Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and owners of other federally-assisted housing that arrest records may not be the basis for denying admission, terminating assistance or evicting tenants, to ... -
Andrew Elmore, 64 DuPaul Law Review 991
(September 2015)This Article proceeds in five parts: Part I briefly summarizes the key features of a disability normative and legal framework that apply to hiring screens, taking personality tests and genetic screens as examples. It also introduces the analogy of criminal records as a civil disability in need of disability privacy and ... -
Kevin Lapp, 14 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 303
(September 2015)According to the article's author, in recent decades, criminal records have proliferated and come to be more consequential than ever. James B. Jacobs’s book, The Eternal Criminal Record (2015), documents their broad scope, wide availability, and the long, devastating shadow that criminal records cast. In this review, the author organizes the ... -
Margaret Love, 47 University of Toledo Law Review
(August 2015)As this article discusses, the President’s constitutional pardon power has been administered by the attorney general since before the Civil War, but this arrangement has never been adequately explained or justified. On its face, the author argues, it appears rife with conflict of institutional interests: how could the agency responsible ...