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• Courts Are Using AI To Sentence Criminals

  October 18, 2017 - by Jason Tashea   There is a stretch of highway through the Ozark Mountains where being data-driven is a hazard.   Heading from Springfield, Missouri, to Clarksville, Arkansas, navigation apps recommend the Arkansas 43. While this can be the fastest route, the GPS's algorithm does not concern itself with factors important to truckers carrying a heavy load, such as the 43's 1,300-foot elevation drop over four miles with two sharp turns. The road once hosted few 18-wheelers, but the last two and half years have seen a noticeable increase in truck traffic—and wrecks. Locals who have watched accidents increase think it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt, or worse.  ...

• How Many People Are Really Killed By Police In The United States?

  October 16, 2017 - by Kate Wheeling   How many people are killed by police every year in the United States? It depends on whom you ask.   Th...

• Decentralization of Small Claims In CT

  October 11, 2017 - by BRB   Effective Monday, October 16, 2017, the Centralized Small Claims Office located at 80 Washington Street, Hartford, CT 06106 w...

• Judge Rules That Colorado' Sex Offender Registry Law Is Unconstitutional

  October 10, 2017 - Judge Rules That Colorado' Sex Offender Registry Law Is Unconstitutional posted on BRB Blog     On August 31, 2017, the U...

• BRB Publications Launches Free Online Portal for Searching Public Records

  October 10, 2017 - BRB Publications Launches Free Online Portal for Searching Public Records     BRB Publications, the nation's premier publishe...

• Taiwan Toughens Background Check Requirements

  October 05, 2017 - On July 27, Huang Yueh-li, director of the Ministry of Education’s Department of Lifelong Education, announced a number of measures after the...

• Maine’s Court Records Will Soon Be Online

  September 27, 2017 - The general public could soon be blocked from accessing nearly all state court files online.   The change is part of a proposal by the...

• NY Arena Sued For Nixing Job Offer Over Criminal Record

  August 12, 2017 -   By Adam Lidgett   The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, was hit on Friday with a proposed class action lawsuit al...

• Data Protection Becomes Simplified

  August 12, 2017 - Data Protection becomes more simplified.   It's obvious that anything different or new can cause a ripple through mainstream activ...

• History of NAPBS

  August 11, 2017 -     History of NAPBS November 22, 2009Les RosenRecent PostsTags: NAPBS, National Association of Professional...

• May 2017 Shatters Background Check Records Set Under Obama

  June 09, 2017 - May 2017 shattered the gun purchase background check records set under Barack Obama during May 2015 and 2016. Breitbart News reported that May...

• Bill to seal criminal records of people found not guilty heads to Gov. Scott

  June 08, 2017 - 2.7 million criminal records in Florida could soon be sealed to the public under legislation awaiting action from Governor Rick Scott.  ...

• Uber, Lyft criticize Mass. background checks

  June 06, 2017 - Uber and Lyft on Tuesday asked state officials to revise the background checks that resulted in thousands of their drivers being kicked off the roa...

• Pennsylvania: “Universal” Background Check Bill Introduced in the General Assembly

  June 05, 2017 - Recently, House Bill 1400, legislation which would expand background checks to include all private sales and transfers, was introduced in the Keyst...

• What Next After Background Check Compliancy

  June 04, 2017 - You're compliant. You're tech savvy. And with Straightline International criminal records you're assured your company has the best prod...

• Nonprofit: Macy's criminal background checks discriminate

  June 02, 2017 - A nonprofit organization that helps ex-prisoners says Macy's criminal background check policies used to screen job applicants violates federal...

• Half the undocumented immigrants rounded up in February raids had no criminal records or minor offen

  June 01, 2017 - Approximately half of the unauthorized immigrants targeted in a set of deportation raids in February have no criminal records or traffic offenses,...

• State bill to expand firearm background checks

  May 29, 2017 - A new bill to extend criminal background checks to all purchases of firearms was formally unveiled Tuesday in Harrisburg.   State Rep....