College’s background check misses 3 exposure charges

We ran across this unfortunate case in Florida pertaining to background checks. A college had hired an accomplished man to serve as communications director late last year. At the time […]
New MA shelter rules include background screening

Excerpted from a MassLive Blog by John L. Micek New regulations taking effect March 14 aim to toughen the background screening for people entering the state’s emergency shelter system after it […]
My criminal record somehow vanished

Excerpted from an article in The Atlantic by Mark O’Brien Sixteen years ago, during my last semester of law school, I caused a drunk-driving crash that killed my girlfriend. I […]
A Clean Slate—to What Effect?

Excerpted from a City Journal Blog by Robert VerBruggen In recent years, legislators and advocates have repeatedly sought to make people with criminal records more employable, including by wiping out […]