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Bill that would give judges access to criminals' past records breezes through committee
January 27, 2016 - A bill that aims to give New Mexico judges full access to the criminal histories of violent offenders passed the House Regulatory and Public Affairs Committee Monday 7-0. The bill, House Bill 72, is sponsored by Reps. Nate Gentry and Paul Pacheco and is also referred to as "Jaydon's Law," in reference to Jaydon Chavez-Silver, an Albuquerque teen shot and killed at a party last summer. Gentry and Pacheco want the state to give the state Public Safety Department $700,000 to create the so-called "clearinghouse," which would create a statewide database to collect information on those defendants. The database could be accessed by everyone in the state criminal justice depart...
Surge In New Gun Sales Has FBI Background Check System Overwhelmed
January 21, 2016 - With record background checks being conducted on gun sales, the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is becoming ov...
Support For Gun Background Checks And Bernie Sanders
January 18, 2016 - In our informal myMotherLode poll that asked do you support “Background checks required for gun purchases online and at gun shows?” The...
300,000 Illinois Kids Affected By Parent's Criminal Records
January 15, 2016 - With the United States leading the world in incarceration rates, criminal-justice reformers are targeting an unintended consequence of that reality...
Obama needs state help to improve background checks for gun purchases
January 12, 2016 - President Barack Obama’s new steps to reduce gun violence center on strengthening background checks, and he needs state help. ...
Job Opportunities for Ex-Offenders with Criminal Records Should Increase in 2016 T
January 08, 2016 - The shrinking workforce in the United States, decriminalization of nonviolent crimes, protections against liability for employers willing to hire a...
Robert Downey Jr. got a pardon but he still has a record
January 06, 2016 - The pardon that Gov. Jerry Brown bestowed on Robert Downey Jr. on Christmas Eve doesn’t expunge his record; the only practical effects are th...
Dubuque could end requiring criminal records on job applications
December 31, 2015 - The Dubuque City Council discussed a recommendation that employers delay asking about job applicants’ criminal history until later in the hir...
Robert Downey Jr. Drug Update: Governor Expunges Criminal Record For Christmas 2015
December 28, 2015 - “Iron Man” actor Robert Downey, Jr. is going to start off 2016 with a clean slate. California Gov. Jerry Brown granted Downey a gift on...
FBI gun background checks on track to break record
December 22, 2015 - The bureau processed 19,827,376 requests sent to the National Instant Criminal Background Check Systems, or NICS, through Monday. Th...
Hillary Clinton says background check of Charleston church shooter wasn't 'fast enough'
December 18, 2015 - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton defended her call for stricter gun control in the wake of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Ca...
Refugee Processing And Background Checks For Immigrants Heading To The USA Is Flawed
December 17, 2015 - Amid questions about background checks and security vetting, the Obama administration disclosed details about how refugees are investigated....
Employment Screening Resources to Announce Annual Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2016
December 11, 2015 - Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), a leading global screening provider that enables employers to make informed hiring decisions quickly and...
Black Friday saw most federal gun background checks ever in a single day
December 09, 2015 - Black Friday shoppers — put off by crowds, hitting the Internet, perhaps fearing terrorism — came out in fewer numbers this past weeken...
Obama: Let people with criminal records 'make their case' in federal jobs
December 03, 2015 - President Obama on Monday defended his new plan to help get people out of prison and into a job, and said his administration would do its part by d...
FBI: Black Friday 2015 Broke Record for Gun Sales
November 30, 2015 - A post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza capped back-to-back record-breaking months for background check requests. There are three kinds...
Banning the 'criminal record' box isn't enough
November 26, 2015 - Ban the box. That phrase entered headlines recently as President Barack Obama issued an executive order requiring federal agencies t...
MSNBC Guest: People with Criminal Records Are Discriminated Against
November 25, 2015 - Southern Coalition for Social Justice senior staff attorney Daryl Atkinson appeared Saturday as a guest on MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perr...
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