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Anna Roberts, 98 Minnesota Law Review 592
(June 2013)According to the article's author, statutes in forty-eight states permit the exclusion of those with felony convictions from criminal juries; thirteen states permit the exclusion of those with misdemeanor convictions. The author argues that the reasons given for these exclusions, which include the assumption that those with convictions are embittered ... -
Todd A. Berger & Joseph A. DaGrossa, 77 Federal Probation 1
(June 2013)Much has been written in recent years about the topic of prisoner reentry. With over two million people incarcerated in America’s prisons and jails and more than 600,000 being released into the community annually, probation and parole officers, judges, social welfare agencies, community-based groups, and other organizations have worked to ... -
Human Rights Watch
(May 2013)Upon release from juvenile detention or prison, youth sex offenders are subject to registration laws that require them to disclose continually updated information including a current photograph, height, weight, age, current address, school attendance, and place of employment. Registrants must periodically update this information so that it remains current in each jurisdiction ... -
Sarah B. Berson, National Institute of Justice Journal
(February 2013)According to this article, criminal conviction brings with it a host of sanctions and disqualifications that can place an unanticipated burden on individuals trying to re-enter society and lead lives as productive citizens. The impact of these “collateral consequences” is often discussed in the context of offender re-entry, but they ... -
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(April 2012)The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This Enforcement Guidance was issued as part of the Commission's efforts to eliminate unlawful discrimination in employment screening, for hiring ... -
Gabriel J. Chin, 160 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1789
(April 2012)This article discusses the fact that most people convicted of felonies are not sentenced to prison, with a majority receiving straight probation, or probation with a jail term. However, that author argues, this hardly means that the conviction is inconsequential. Tens of thousands of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, ... -
Margaret Colgate Love, 160 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Pennumbra 113
(December 2011)According to the author, the reality for people of ordinary abilities is very different. For them, the so-called “collateral” consequences of conviction are numerous, severe, and very hard to mitigate. Moreover, because conviction-based dis-qualifications are generally imposed by statute or regulation rather than by a judge in open court, criminal ... -
Margaret Colgate Love, 31 St. Louis Public Law Review 87
(July 2011)This article analyzes the scope of Padilla v. Kentucky, concluding that its logic extends beyond deportation to many other severe and certain consequences of conviction that are imposed by operation of law rather than by the sentencing court. In it, the author proposes a set of reforms that would limit ...