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A Free Press review finds Michigan immigrants detained despite having no criminal background and decades in the U.S., often ...

A Third Circuit ruling expands how criminal history must be evaluated, including applicant disclosures, reshaping compliance ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Mohamed Bailor Jalloh was able to re-enroll at Old Dominion University after serving federal prison time for supporting ISIS because Virginia law prohibits public universities from ...

New details are emerging about a murder suspect’s violent past after he was accused of stabbing and killing a woman at a bus stop along Fairfax County’s Richmond Highway. Abdul Jalloh, 32, is charged ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — How and when the past should factor into the future is a consequential question lawmakers are currently considering, particularly in private-sector employment. “Ban the box” ...

After federal data revealed that nearly 2,000 people were taken into ICE custody in Washington between the start of President Trump’s second term and October 2025, The Seattle Times found that 47% of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An Ohio proposal to prohibit private employers from asking about criminal history on initial job applications is drawing criticism and support as it moves through the ...

BEECH GROVE, Ind. (WISH) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Beech Grove police officer Monday has a criminal history that records show stretches back to his teenage years. Kenneth Johnson, 47, ...

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