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Minnesota courts poised to put criminal records online
March 24, 2015 - Joshua Esmay knew he faced long odds when he approached the podium at the Minnesota Supreme Court last week. Esmay is an advocate for people trying to overcome tangles with the criminal justice system. Last Tuesday, he faced the seven robed justices in an attempt to stop the court’s plan to put thousands of Minnesota criminal records online. He talked about the “stigma” of a past conviction and raised the specter of data miners using the records to wreck people’s chances of getting a job or an apartment. “The real point is, we don’t know how it will be used,” he said. Esmay’s reasoning goes against just about everything this column stands for. Th...
Students weigh in on criminal record questions on college applications
March 24, 2015 - Using an online application, a student goes through pages of generic questions about his or her aptitude, general information and background histor...
Make public criminal records public
March 23, 2015 - Massachusetts police now have sweeping discretion to decide what criminal records they will – and will not – release to the public, acc...
Online court records a positive step
March 20, 2015 - Florida will be a trendsetter if it successfully implements plans to make state court records accessible online. This process began more than a dec...
Job Hunting With a Criminal Record
March 20, 2015 - There is no dispute that far too many Americans carry the burden of a criminal record — at least 70 million, by recent estimates — or t...
Criminal database backlog won't end until 2018
March 19, 2015 - The RCMP have acknowledged there's a large backlog of entries for its national criminal-record database, known as CPIC, and say the problem won...
Court Records Going Public With Provisos
March 19, 2015 - Florida's clerks of court are in the middle of making electronic state court records available to the public online. But in the...
Grant to help residents with criminal records gain job skills
March 18, 2015 - The city will receive a grant of nearly $120,000 to create a program meant to help unemployed residents who have trouble getting jobs because of cr...
Banks to check criminal records before hiring advisers
March 17, 2015 - The FCA has ruled banks and building societies will no longer be allowed to hire investment advisers with minimal checks and just rely on their &ld...
Kramer: Public records belong to the public
March 17, 2015 - This week, Sunshine Week, March 15-21, newspapers judge government agencies on their compliance with public records laws. They will publish their f...
Senators Try to Include Background Checks In Human Trafficking Bill
March 16, 2015 - If the anti-human-trafficking legislation moving through the U.S. Senate eventually gets a vote, it will likely include provisions to beef up backg...
Criminal background checks create dilemma for employers
March 16, 2015 - Employers are struggling to deal with vague U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on how they should conduct criminal background...
Tougher criminal background checks on teachers
March 13, 2015 - U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is calling on his colleagues to pass legislation that would require federal and state background checks for all sch...
Idaho panel OKs state-funded teacher background check fee
March 12, 2015 - A Senate panel has endorsed a plan for taxpayers to pick up a $150,000 tab in background checks for Idaho teachers and other school employees....
Lawrence considering criminal background checks for taxi drivers
March 11, 2015 - Taxi cab drivers in Lawrence may soon have to pass a criminal background check before they can operate in Lawrence. A majority of ci...
Albuquerque police to run monthly checks on officers
March 11, 2015 - The Albuquerque Police Department will be checking every month to see if any of their officers are wanted. Police spokeswoman Celina...
Tighter background checks might have spared lives
March 10, 2015 - The murder of three young adults in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is not only deplorable but was probably avoidable if strong background checks had...
Debate over universal background checks for firearms sales grows
March 10, 2015 - The gun control debate continues as U.S. lawmakers announce legislation to implement universal background checks on all gun sales. I...
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