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Potential employers or licensing authorities must consider these certificates as evidence that the person is rehabilitated: if a person has such a certificate, the fact that they were convicted cannot be used as a reason to deny them employment or the granting of a license. Not all states offer such certificates.
As of 2008, 6.6 to 7.4 percent, or about one in 15 working-age adults were ex-felons. [4] According to an estimate from 2000, there were over 12 million felons in the United States, representing roughly 8% of the working-age population. [5].In 2016, 6.1 million people were disenfranchised due to convictions, representing 2.47% of voting-age ...
N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 210.40 grants the defendant (or the prosecutor or the court) the power to apply for relief: . First, it directs the court to find, under the general concept of the "furtherance of justice" stated in its provisions, that the "dismissal is required as a matter of judicial discretion by the existence of some compelling factor, consideration or circumstance clearly ...
The Clean Slate Act (CPL 160.57) of 2024 will automatically seal an individual’s New York State criminal records after 3 years for a misdemeanor and 8 years for a felony. The law does not apply to some offenses. The law is scheduled to take effect on November 16, 2024. [41] [42]
Peque, [31] New York's highest court overruled the portion of its prior ruling in People v. Ford [ 32 ] that "a court's failure to advise a defendant of potential deportation never affects the validity of the defendant's plea," but still held that a trial court had different duties with regard to direct versus collateral consequences of guilty ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the immediate dismissal of 14 prison employees after the death of Robert Brooks earlier this month. ... a felony, for stabbing his longtime girlfriend Diana ...
The New York State Court of Appeals is the state's highest court. In civil cases, appeals are taken almost exclusively from decisions of the Appellate Divisions. In criminal cases, depending on the type of case and the part of the state in which it arose, appeals can be heard from decisions of the Appellate Division, the Appellate Term, and the County Court.
In an encore “20/20” airing Dec. 27 at 9 p.m. ET, the show, which originally aired in 2023, tells the story of Julie Jensen, the mother of two who was found dead in her bed in 1998.