Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 14, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, denied an effort to dismiss the civil lawsuit Courthouse News Service v. Hade, et al. (No. 3:21-cv-00460) that was challenging the restrictions placed on public access to electronic court records…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 21, 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed “Ban the Box” legislation into law – House Bill 972/Senate Bill 2 – to prohibit employers from requiring job applicants to disclose information related to past criminal charges for simple marijuana possession. The law will take effect on…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In December of 2018, the Virginia State Crime Commission (VSCC) – a criminal justice agency established in the legislative branch of the state government – released recommendations for the fingerprinting of defendants after 750,000 conviction records were found to be missing from the Virginia state criminal records…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Virginia State Crime Commission staff members “made a stunning discovery” while reviewing the state’s Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE), finding that 750,000 records used for background checks were not in the system maintained by the Virginia State Police, according to a report by The Washington Post.
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has signed Executive Order 41 to “Ban the Box” and remove questions about the criminal history of applicants from state job applications, according to a news release on the Governor’s website. The Order also makes clear that the criminal history of state job…
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