The American Bar Association, the largest organization of lawyers in this country, has proposed a bill limiting the amount of access people have to public records. This is targeted towards people who were arrested on crimes but never found guilty. These people, according to the ABA, deserve the opportunity to [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Criminal Background Checks on Coaches
April 23, 2009 – 5:55 pm
Almost every employer requires a background check. The educational environment is a little different than other professions. In the state of Minnesota, teachers are required to go through a background check before getting hired. Unlike teachers, coaches or leaders of any extra curricular activities weren’t required to get checked. The state legislature in Minnesota proposed [...]
Background Checks for College Applicants
April 21, 2009 – 10:11 pm
The deaths of 32 people at Virginia Tech has led college campuses around the United States to reconsider safety. In the past, there have been talks about doing background checks on applicants. There are only a few questions that are asked on the common application regarding the applicant’s criminal history: whether they applicant has a [...]
States Eases Sex Offender Search
April 21, 2009 – 7:41 pm
Sex offender laws have changed with most states requiring that these criminals register for a database that is available to the public. Parents want to make sure that their children are safe at all times. These databases are giving parents more information on who is around their children and who [...]
Alaska's Criminal Records
April 17, 2009 – 6:45 pm
The law says you are innocent until proven guilty but if you are arrested, the record is still available on databases, both online and offline. This article is a story of two Alaska men who were at the wrong place at the wrong. When a fight broke out, they didn’t take part in any of [...]