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Virginia Tech Shooting Survivor Backs Maine Gun Background Check Proposal
March 30, 2016 - A survivor of the Virginia Tech shooting is sharing his story in hopes of garnering support for a firearms background check proposal set to appear on the Maine ballot in November. Colin Goddard spoke at the University of Maine in Orono on Wednesday. Goddard was a senior at Virginia Tech when he was shot four times in April 2007 by Seung-Hui Cho. Thirty-two people were killed and 17 were wounded. Goddard says it's easy for people to buy guns, and that he's supporting a ballot initiative to expand criminal background checks to nearly every private gun sale. Opponents have said the effort infringes on peoples' constitutional rights and would be nearly impossible to enforce....
Background check law blocks 50 gun purchases
March 29, 2016 - Records from the FBI reveal the first hard numbers on the impact of Initiative 594, which requires universal background checks for all guns sold in...
Indiana's teacher background checks system lacks safeguards
March 25, 2016 - Six dead pit bulls in plastic bags. Bloody collars. Photographs of dogs strapped down and being forced to breed. Sixteen neglected dogs that were s...
Attorney General's fix to background-check system to cost millions
March 24, 2016 - Replacing the aged criminal background-check system operated by the office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will be a pricey proposition. &...
Fundraiser to aid Memphians looking to expunge criminal records, remove employment barrier
March 22, 2016 - A criminal record is often a barrier to finding a job, a home, student loans and more when people are required to acknowledge they have a criminal...
Researchers to study normally secret juvenile court records
March 18, 2016 - Arizona's state court system is allowing a Washington, D.C.-based research nonprofit to examine data from normally confidential court records t...
Philadelphia Makes it Even Harder for Employers to Conduct Criminal Background Checks
March 16, 2016 - As originally enacted in 2012, Philadelphia’s ban-the-box law applied to employers with at least 10 employees within the city. The law allowe...
HANO unveils rules on allow in tenants with criminal records
March 15, 2016 - It's been nearly three years since the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced its intention to drop barriers keeping residents with crimina...
Public access to criminal records now easier in North Carolina
March 08, 2016 - Public access of criminal records at courthouses across North Carolina is now easier with a modernized search system running in all 100 counties....
HANO unveils rules on allow in tenants with criminal records
March 07, 2016 - It’s been nearly three years since the Housing Authority of New Orleans announced its intention to drop barriers keeping residents with crimi...
Bill to keep juvenile criminal records confidential gains ground
March 02, 2016 - A proposal to keep juvenile criminal records confidential gained early approval Wednesday by a panel of state lawmakers. Lawmakers a...
Gunman who killed 4 had lengthy criminal record
March 01, 2016 - A man who shot three family members, a neighbor and then himself in rural Washington state had an extensive criminal history, including felony char...
New study enumerates barriers to those with criminal records
February 29, 2016 - The Alliance for a Just Society, a nationwide network of social justice organizations, released a study Feb. 23 that enumerated many barriers...
NFL prospects must now go through criminal background check
February 25, 2016 - As the NFL continues to deal with the fallout from the 2014 Ray Rice incident, it is taking steps to limit athletes who have a criminal or domestic...
Pa. Gov. Wolf signs bill allowing minor criminal records to be sealed
February 23, 2016 - New Pennsylvania law gives people a way to ask judges to seal criminal records from public view if they're not more serious than nonviolent mis...
Job Seekers with Criminal Records Get Second Chance with New Law
February 23, 2016 - There has been a lot of buzz recently about “ban the box” initiatives prohibiting employers from asking job applicants about their crim...
Safe Hiring Expert Reviews Book on Criminal Records in America
February 18, 2016 - “The Eternal Criminal Record” (Harvard University Press 2015) by Professor James B. Jacobs “covers critical topics and is essenti...
Lawmakers Consider Closing Background Check 'Loophole'
February 17, 2016 - Oregon lawmakers are considering a measure that would close what some activists call a “loophole” in the state’s criminal backgro...
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