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Worsening A Bad Law Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial
September 01, 2012 - Hoosier lawmakers made a troubling law even worse this year, voting to prohibit companies from distributing factual information about criminal convictions. Such a ban raises constitutional questions regarding free speech and must be repealed. The General Assembly created the problem when it adopted a well-intentioned but flawed law written to help people who had been convicted of a non-violent misdemeanor or low-level felony years earlier but have had no further convictions for at least eight years. The law allows such Hoosiers to ask the courts to seal the records of their conviction from the public , but not from the courts or law enforcement officers. Judges don't have an option; the law states they "shall" order the...
How The Police Found Steve Jobs' Stolen I-Pads
September 01, 2012 - The digital breadcrumbs left behind when people use Internet-connected gadgets are what led California investigators to recover iMacs, iPads and ot...
A Revere, Massachusetts woman could end up with a couple of new charges on her criminal record after
August 01, 2012 - Suffolk county District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said 24-year-old Nicole Difazi walked into the courthouse and requested copies of the paperwork....
Another USA Missed Record TV News Report
August 01, 2012 - B.C. Privacy Commisioner Elizabeth Denham is warning both the provincial government and private sector employers are making too much use of crimina...
New York Times Calls For Regulating/Registering Us
August 01, 2012 - ...The federal government clearly needs to step in (on background screening companies). It should require companies to be federally registered, out...
Lies Will Come With New Risks
August 01, 2012 - An unpopular decision by the United States Supreme Court appears to have inspired the Pentagon to do something it should have done long ago, create...
Many Sex Offenders Nationally Manipulate Identities
August 01, 2012 - A frightening number of the nation's registered sex offenders hide, change or attempt to alter their identities to avoid parole conditions aime...
Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation
August 01, 2012 - Three years ago, Gina Ray, who is now 31 and unemployed, was fined $179 for speeding. She failed to show up at court (she says the ticket bore the...
Truckers'Database Under Fire
August 01, 2012 - The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration alleging that the federal regulator'...
Industry News
August 01, 2012 - Corporate Screening Services Partners with ERC Corporate Screening, a provider of pre-employment background screening services, is pleased to a...
BRB Public Record Update
August 01, 2012 - Fee to Purchase Kentucky Criminal Record to Increase Soon The fee for a criminal record search in Kentucky will increase from $15.00 to $20.00...
Maryland Sex Offender Surprises Mother Of One-Year Old
August 01, 2012 - When Stephanie Rudisill used a contractor for her home, she was surprised to find out upon later research the man she let into her home was a regis...
Drivers Need Background Checks
July 01, 2012 - Examining 10,037 of the road-rage incidents, the AAA study found only 413 involved females as perpetrators. The majority of aggressive drivers...
PA Removes Cases From Online Search Results
July 01, 2012 - The office that oversees the operation of Pennsylvania's courts has removed millions of court records from its electronic database. It only...
Alberta: Being Gay No Longer A Mental Illness
July 01, 2012 - The province has rewritten controversial billing codes that treated sexual minorities as people with mental disorders akin to bestiality and pedoph...
Nightmare Graduation Ends In Criminal Record
July 01, 2012 - A South Carolina woman said police escorted her out of her daughter's graduation for cheering and charged her with disorderly conduct. Shan...
New Jersey: Camera Company Uses Deceptive Crash Footage
July 01, 2012 - Red light camera company promotional video uses misleading incident to sell its product. Just two days before Christmas, American Traffic Solut...
People Seeking Background Checks At San Luis Obispo Court May Have To Wait
July 01, 2012 - San Luis Obispo Superior Court officials have stopped immediate window service for those seeking bulk criminal background information. Citing b...
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