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Relief From the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction: A State-By-State Resource Guide

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Love, Margaret Colgate

The Sentencing Project (Washington, DC)

Open Society Institute-New York (New York, NY)

Published 2005. 12 pages.

A resource guide based on the results from a "comprehensive survey [which] describes for each United States jurisdiction the laws and practices relating to restoration of rights and obtaining relief from the collateral disabilities and penalties that accompany a criminal conviction" is available at this website (p. 1). Points of entry include an executive summary, jurisdictional profiles, and comparative tables/charts. The summary of research findings and conclusions discuss: general results; pardoning policy and practice in the U.S.; judicial expungement and sealing of adult felony convictions; state laws regulating licensure and employment of convicted persons; and regaining the right to vote in the 50 states. Accession Number: 020693

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