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If the governor signs this bill, 2.7 million criminal records vanish from public view
May 08, 2017 - More than 2.7 million criminal records will be sealed and the arrest records of hundreds of thousands of people will be concealed under a bill heading to Gov. Rick Scott’s desk. An open records advocacy group is sounding the alarm and calling for Scott to veto the bill, warning it could hide the backgrounds of dangerous people. The bill, if signed, would automatically administratively seal court records of nearly anyone who is found not guilty or is acquitted during a trial or has the charges dropped or dismissed. Charging documents could still be obtained from the courthouse where the charges were filed, but the charges won’t show up in a background check through the Florida Department of Law En...
Florida bill sealing criminal records heading to governor
May 03, 2017 - A bill that allows for the automatic sealing of criminal history records in Florida is heading to the desk of Gov. Rick Scott. The F...
Minors would avoid criminal records for pot possession under new law
April 27, 2017 - The federal government has tailored its highly anticipated marijuana legislation to ensure younger teens don't wind up with criminal records fo...
Bipartisan Effort For Strengthening Criminal Background Checks
April 26, 2017 - A bipartisan group of 167 House Representatives has called for funds to strengthen criminal background checks. Connecticut Congresswoman Elizabeth...
Hundreds of Uber, Lyft drivers win background check appeals
April 25, 2017 - Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers may now be able to get their jobs back, after they were originally banned from driving-for-hire. U...
Criminal record Search Prices Fall In Chicago
April 25, 2017 - Straightline International announces the lowest prices in Chicago for criminal record (court) searches. If you have an account with Straightlin...
Rate Of Americans Turned Away At The Border Surges
April 19, 2017 - The rate at which Americans were denied entrance into Canada across the U.S.-Canadian border surged over 31 percent last year, with 30,233 U...
Arrests of illegal criminals jumps 250% in one week
April 18, 2017 - The biggest seizures by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in Texas, but they made arrests as far north as Wyoming. ...
Idaho Online System Delayed
April 18, 2017 - A new electronic court filing and records system won’t be up and working in Canyon County in April as planned, but when it starts this...
Federal Criminal Prosecutions Fall
April 18, 2017 - After peaking in 2011, the number of federal criminal prosecutions has declined for five consecutive years and is now at its lowest level in...
Gun Stocks Rip As March Posts 10th Highest FBI Background Check Figures
April 14, 2017 - This March boasted the tenth most FBI firearm background checks (2,433,092) of any month in the 19-year history of the National Instant Criminal Ba...
Thousands of current Uber, Lyft drivers fail new background checks
April 13, 2017 - More than 8,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft have been pulled off Massachusetts roads after failing a new state backgro...
Why Is ICE Arresting So Many People Without Criminal Records In Weird, Liberal Austin?
April 12, 2017 - On the morning of February 9, Juan Martinez got into his car just outside his apartment and prepared to drop off his children at school before head...
Criminal records and airport security are not a good mix
April 11, 2017 - The Senate Transport Committee is right to be concerned about the high number of people with criminal records working in sensitive areas in Austral...
Simplifying How the Courts Seal Criminal Records
April 10, 2017 - New legislation in Pennsylvania would change the now-costly and time-consuming process—and mitigate the employment obstacles people face when...
A lesson on employees and criminal records
April 07, 2017 - In a report late last year the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) concluded that an IT company, Data#3, discriminated against an employee wh...
The Dangerous Myth That Juvenile Criminal Records Are Sealed Forever
April 05, 2017 - “A juvenile’s record is sealed at a certain age. The charges get dropped. It’s automatic.” It’s a comm...
Business Survey Finds Support for Second Chances for Those With Criminal Records
April 03, 2017 - A newly released survey of Connecticut employers found strong support for efforts to give ex-offenders a second chance. The survey o...
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