criminal

  • Criminal Record Expungement Clinics Benefit 1 Million+ in CA

    One year ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 731, a law that allows more than a million Californians to clear many old felony convictions from their records. Now, expungement clinics across the state are helping speed that process along. A clinic in San Francisco will help people start the...
  • Can a convicted felon be president of the United States?

    The United States is experiencing an unprecedented historical moment. A former president of the nation and, at the same time, a presidential candidate, faces a series of 91 serious charges that could cost him the rest of his life in jail. The legal process against Donald Trump in New...
  • ¿Puede un criminal convicto ser presidente de Estados Unidos? 

    Estados Unidos vive un momento histórico sin precedentes. Un expresidente de la nación y, al mismo tiempo, precandidato presidencial, enfrenta un conjunto de 91 acusaciones graves que podrían costarle el resto de su vida en la cárcel. El proceso legal contra Donald Trump en Nueva York, Georgia, y en la capital...
  • 11 Million CA Criminal Records Expunged in First 6 Months of New Law

    The Golden State has permanently expunged an unprecedented 11 million criminal arrest records in the first six months after the implementation of a criminal-justice reform bill – according to data just released by the California Department of Justice. Assembly Bill 1076 required the state DOJ to automatically clear eligible records...
  • Primeros Antecedentes Penales Borrados Después de Que la Nueva Ley Llega a Los Tribunales

    Las primeras personas en hacer uso de una nueva ley estatal sobre el sellado de antecedentes penales comparecieron ante un juez la semana pasada. Anteriormente, solo las personas cuya condena no resulto en encarcelamiento podían solicitar la eliminación de antecedentes penales. Jay Jordan es director ejecutivo de la organización sin fines...
  • First Criminal Record Expungements After New Law Go to Court

    The first people to make use of a new state law on sealing criminal records went before a judge last week. Previously, only people whose conviction did not result in incarceration could petition for expungement. Jay Jordan, CEO of the nonprofit Alliance for Safety and Justice, which pushed for...
  • Chesa Boudin recall is not a death knell for California criminal justice reform

    After making significant gains in recent years across California and the country, a movement to reimagine the role of prosecutors within the criminal justice system hit a snag Tuesday night with losses in key races around the state. The biggest setback came in a nationally-watched recall in San Francisco,...
  • Criminal Justice Reform Benefits People with Disabilities

    Andrea Sears Public News Service HARTFORD, Conn. – The criminal justice reform bill making its way through Congress will help thousands of people with disabilities re-enter their communities. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 32 percent of people in federal prisons and 40 percent of all people in...
  • El Sierra Club

    La Mayor y Más Influyente Organización Medioambiental de Base del País Cita los Detallados Planes de Clinton y su Capacidad de Construir sobre el Legado de Obama San Francisco / CALIFORNIA El Sierra Club refrendó Junio 9 a la Secretaria Hillary Clinton para la presidencia de Estados Unidos. Como respuesta,...
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