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1/10/2021

New York Legislators Again Push to Allow Easier Juvenile Record-Sealing

Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech

State Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D), the sponsor of new legislation on sealing the records of juveniles. Photo: MTA New York City Transit
In 2002, a then 16-year-old Aminta Williams got into a fight with a neighborhood acquaintance near her home in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.

7/7/2015

Confidentiality Should Not Apply When a Young Child Disappears

Marie K. Cohen

On March 19, 2014, a school social worker in Washington, D.C. went to a homeless shelter to obtain a doctor’s note for a student. Eight-year-old Relisha Rudd had been absent from her classroom for almost three weeks without a written excuse.

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2/25/2015

Obama, Congress Talk Criminal Justice Reform at White House

John Kelly

A day that was anything but bipartisan in nature ended with a quiet White House meeting on criminal justice reform that was attended by leaders from both sides of the aisle.

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