The ex-Dallas police officer sentenced for murder in the 2018 shooting of a Black man in his apartment has been approved for parole. Amber Guyger, 38, shot and killed Botham Jean, then 26, in 2018 after she said she mistook his apartment as her…
A criminal record can affect your job offers, housing, education opportunities and professional goals. Expungement may help by removing or erasing eligible records so that most employers, landlords and members of the public can no longer see them. This can…
Jails are rife with substance abuse. Are special wings like this one in Northumberland the answer? “I was waking up in the morning, shaking,” he says. Scott would start drinking immediately to stop the shakes, as early as 5am. As soon…
When criminal records follow people forever, families struggle, employers lose workers, and communities lose productive citizens. Federal law offers almost no path to redemption, even though second chances strengthen public safety and the economy. But earning a second chance is…
According to reports, professional skateboarder Mark “Gator” Rogowski has been recommended for parole nearly three decades after being sentenced for raping and murdering 22 year old model Jessica Bergsten in 1991. Rogowski pleaded guilty to the crimes in 1992 and received a sentence…
November 21, 2024, 9:00 am CST The California Supreme Court is being asked to automatically expunge records of attorney discipline other than disbarment after eight years, provided that there is no further discipline during that period. (Image from Shutterstock) The State Bar of…
By Anna Stolley Persky August 20, 2024, 1:41 pm CDT A new working paper claims that attorneys who have their disciplinary records expunged are nine times more likely to be disciplined again than lawyers with no history of getting in trouble with attorney…
GRIFFIN — Former Spalding County Commissioner Donald Hawbaker, 71, currently serving a 10-year sentence in state prison for five counts of assault on a peace officer, is now looking at a Tentative Parole Month (TPM) of February, 2029. Hawbaker was being considered for…
A former Nova Scotia police chief convicted in 2020 of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl is no longer facing a charge of failing to comply with an order under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act. BRIDGEWATER â A former Nova Scotia…
The program focuses on voting rights criminal justice reform and the legislative process High school girls in New Orleans and Baton Rouge who have a parent who is or was incarcerated can apply for a policy fellowship offering a $3,000 stipend…
Leaving prison: parole hearings and decisions, probation and supervised release, and reentry and life after release.
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