Florida residents with criminal records say they can’t find a job. They are now seeking to have those criminal records expunged in hopes that it will help them find a job.
The unemployment rate in Florida is 11.5 percent, the highest rate since 1975. In 2008, as the recession dawned, more than 14,000 Florida residents had [...]
Tag Archives: criminal records
Florida Residents Seeking to Erase Criminal Records
January 6, 2010 – 7:23 am
Head Start Employees Fired after Background Checks
November 10, 2009 – 5:32 pm
Six employees of a local Head Start were fired after criminal background checks showed offenses for grand theft, aggravated battery and aggravated assault. The checks were made by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement based on a requirement that background checks be done every five years.
Officials said they didn’t know why the criminal records had [...]
Some Pennsylvania Juvenille Criminal Records May be Wiped Clean
October 30, 2009 – 6:08 am
Hundreds of Pennsylvania children could see their records expunged after an investigation revealed that juvenile court judge allegedly took bribes in order to fill up youth detention centers. Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella is accused of taking kickbacks from owners of private detention centers if he placed juveniles there. The investigation, which is ongoing, revealed [...]
Illinois County Puts Criminal Records Online
October 22, 2009 – 6:03 pm
Officials in St. Clair County, Illinois have added criminal information online for the police, public and court officials. Citizens can add a defendants name and learn about the case status, pending court dates and sentencing if the case has been completed.
Adding this information is just one stop in making court records more accessible to the [...]
The Criminal Records Bureau Reports More Errors
August 10, 2009 – 10:23 pm
Some people in the United Kingdom were surprised to learn they had criminal records while some convicted criminals saw their records erased. More than 1,570 errors were reported by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) for a 12 month period that ended in March. The CRB is an agency created in 2002 to help agencies [...]
Even the President is not Immune from Background Checks
August 6, 2009 – 10:51 pm
Two Georgia police officers were placed on administrative leave after it was discovered they ran a criminal background check on President Barack Obama. Anytime a background check is run on the President, the U.S. Secret service is notified.
Georgia law states that law enforcement officers cannot run background checks unless it is part of an [...]
Should Background Checks Be Required for Camp Counselors?
July 22, 2009 – 12:26 am
That is the question WISH-TV asked after a camp counselor was arrested for sexual misconduct. Tara Brandon, 38, was charged with sexual misconduct with a boy who was 15 when the incidents started. The abuse allegedly happened over two summers. The story prompted the television station to investigate whether or not background checks are conducted [...]
Storage and Organization of Criminal Records
July 20, 2009 – 6:18 pm
Many of today’s scripted television crime dramas would have you believe that a person’s criminal record is easily obtained- stored in some mysterious vault, where they can be accessed at a moment’s notice. The reality, however, is a bit more complicated. Police stations and precincts do maintain a detailed arrest record of everyone that has [...]
What Should Be Done With Sex Offenders on Parole?
July 17, 2009 – 6:31 pm
The murder of college student Dru Sjodin led to a question that has plagued law enforcement officials for years—what should be done with sex offenders when they are released from jail? Alfonso Rodriguez had only been out of jail a few months when he raped and killed Sjodin. He had been convicted of sex crimes [...]
U.S. Criminal Records Storage
July 7, 2009 – 11:41 pm
The advent of computer technology and the Internet age has changed the way the criminal justice system works. When it comes to the storage of criminal records, more advancements have been made in the past twenty years than at any other time in United States history. Traditionally, record keeping was done manually- through hand written [...]