Margaret Love and David Schlussel | January 27, 2022 | Sentencing
At the beginning of each year since 2017, CCRC has issued a report on legislation enacted in the past year that is aimed at reducing the barriers faced by people with a criminal record in the workplace, at the ballot box, and in many other areas of daily life. These...
Margaret Love and David Schlussel | October 23, 2020 | Sentencing
We are pleased to release a new report describing the present landscape of laws in the United States aimed at restoring rights and opportunities after an arrest or conviction. This report, titled The Many Roads to Reintegration, is an update and refresh of our...
Margaret Love and David Schlussel | December 18, 2019 | Sentencing
In recent decades, criminal records have become widely available as a result of digitized records systems and a new commerce in background screening and data aggregation. Criminal records, even of an arrest or charge that does not result in conviction, can cost...
Margaret Love | July 12, 2019 | Sentencing
For the past several years, the Collateral Consequences Resource Center has been documenting an extraordinary legislative trend aimed at helping individuals overcome the collateral consequences of arrest and conviction. It appears that lawmakers in many states are...
Margaret Love | April 5, 2019 | Sentencing
The Model Penal Code: Sentencing (MPC) is not specifically designed or intended to influence sentencing in the federal system, although the MPC itself often reflects the influence of federal law. In one recent case, the influence of one upon the other appears mutual:...
