REPORTS
Town and Village Justice Courts Report: Update Regarding Counsel at First Appearance, Training & Education, and Centralization
Report and Recommendations of the Criminal Justice Section, Approved by the NYSBA House of Delegates on April 14, 2018
Close Encounters of the Police Citizen Kind: A National Study of Police Citizen Encounters in Other States and Federal Courts in Relation to PEOPLE V. DE BOUR
A 2017 Report of the NYSBA Criminal Justice Section Committee on Prosecution
The
Use of Criminal History Records in College Admissions Reconsidered
Center
for Community Alternatives (CCA), Marsha Weissman, Ph.D., Alan Rosenthal, Esq.
and Patricia Warth, Esq., Elaine Wolf, Ph.D, Michael Messina-Yauchzy, Ph.D. Read Article
Criminal Justice Section Report "Sealing Records of Conviction Regarding Certain
Crimes" adopted by the NYSBA House of Delegates January 27, 2012
Sealing a person's criminal record requires balancing competing interests. On
the one hand, a person with a criminal record has, after a suitable period of
lawful living and rehabilitation, an interest in pursuing employment, licensing,
housing, education, and other benefits without the stigma of a prior arrest or
conviction. Click
here to see the full report.
Consequences of Conviction: A Reminder of Some Possible Civil Penalties
Honorable Harold Baer, Jr., United States District Court Justice, Southern
District of New York has written a booklet regarding "Consequences
of Conviction: A Reminder of Some Possible Civil Penalties." Click here to view the booklet.
New York State Bar Association President Vincent E. Doyle Commends Governor and Lawmakers on DNA Measure
Read the NYSBA press release here (March 2012).
To see the law go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/navigate.cgi and
search for S6733 or Chapter 19 of the Laws of 2012.
Re-Entry
and Reintegration: The Road to Public Safety
Report and Recommendations of
the Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings, May
2006: Available upon request. (Email Amy Jasiewicz to request a copy.)
