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Current Laws
Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act
A new act approved by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), a national law reform group, addresses the consequences of the conviction of a crime that are imposed by law in addition to direct penalties imposed by the judge.
Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (1994)
The Act requires states to implement a registry for sex offenders. For more information, go to the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Megan's Law (1996)
This law amendmends the Jacob Wetterling Act to requires all states to establish a procedure for notifying people when a sex-offender is released into their community.
The Pam Lyncher Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act (1996)
This ammends the Jacob Wetterling Act to require lifetime registration for sex offenders who recidivate and for certain types of sex offenders.
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (2006)
The Act strengthens notification and registration laws for sex offenders in multiple ways, including making failure to register a federal felony and increasing mandatory minimum sentences for sex offenders.
Disenfranchisement
Also, view this map of state laws from the Brennan Center for Justice
Click here to access a Department of Justice overview of parts of the federal law code that impose collateral consequences for criminal convictions.
For an overview of state laws that impose legal barriers to reentry, look at Mary Colgate Love's catalogue of state policy and practice.
In the News
Oklahoma governor approves clemency recommendation
NewsOK.com - 5/20/10
Denied a chance for honest work
New York Times - 1/18/10
Federal appeals court rules that Washington state felone inmates should be allowed to vote
Los Angeles Times - 1/6/10
Huckabee: Clemmons backlash could deter pardons
Seattle PostIntelligencer - 12/14/09
Huckabee mulling presidential bid, not worried about attack ads
Arkansas News - 12/14/09
Prisons of our own making
New York Times - 12/13/09
Clemency on trial
Reason magazine - 12/8/09
The power to pardon
Bangor Daily News - 11/16/09
More job seekers scramble to erase criminal past
The Wall Street Journal - 11/12/09
Vicitim's parents target violent-offender laws
Boston Globe - 8/12/09
Remorseful killer granted mercy
Dayton Daily News - 2/22/09
Gill: Lincoln, Obama, and Clemency
The Washington Times - 2/16/09
Those cleared by DNA tests struggle to be free
USA Today - 1/27/09
States putting criminal records online
AZcentral.com - 12/21/08
The wisdom of pardons
USA Today - 12/17/08
Prosecutor wants "Three-Striker" to be freed
The Seattle Times - 12/11/08
Child Abuse Central Index Offers No Way Out, Even for the Innocent
Los Angeles Times - 12/07/08
Pardon more than the turkey
San Francisco Chronicle - 11/26/08
Bush Issues 14 Pardons and Commutes 2 Sentences
The New York Times - 11/24/08
Let Felons Vote
Los Angeles Times - 10/29/08
More Felons Learning - To Their Surprise - That They Can Vote
Los Angeles Times - 10/27/08
California Takes Steps to Probe Nurses' Criminal Backgrounds
The Los Angeles Times - 10/11/08
A Ballot's Breadth Away from Rejoining Society
CityLimits.org - 10/06/08
GOP Says Voter Registration Groups Employed Felons
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 10/02/08
Crist, Summit Recognize Former Felons with Restored Voting Rights
St. Petersburg Times - 6/18, 2008
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