Weighing In - We Are All Criminals

1 Jan 2014

Business owner: Sale of Controlled Substances

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Very few of us have walked the perfect path. We all make errors in life. Hopefully, as we get older we make less

1 Jan 2014

Lifetime likelihood of imprisonment in the US

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The lifetime likelihood of imprisonment for black men in America is one in three. For white women, it’s one in 111. These profound disparities cannot be explained by rates of offending.

1 Jan 2014

Youth Counselor: Criminal Damage to Property; Vandalism; Indecent Exposure; Sale and Possession of Controlled Substances

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It wasn’t just the color of my skin – it was the neighborhood too.

1 Jan 2014

Licensed Counselor: Underage Drinking; Reckless Driving; Petty Misdemeanor Marijuana Possession; Criminal Damage to Property; Driving Under the Influence; Unauthorized Distribution of a Controlled Substance

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Kids do stupid things, and I was no exception.

1 Jan 2014

Attorney: Underage Drinking; Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor; Possession and Conspiracy to Sell Controlled Substances; Assault; Driving While Intoxicated; Child Endangerment

by admin | posted in: College Days, Luxury To Forget, No Record | 0

I still mind-trip over that: it’s just pure luck that I wasn’t stopped the night I’d been drinking.

1 Jan 2014

Scholar: Possession of Controlled Substances

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I would do it again: it was such an obvious and correct decision.

24 Dec 2013

Youth Counselor: Possession and Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances; Trespassing; Underage Consumption; Public Intoxication; Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor; Driving Under the Influence

by admin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, No Record, Uncategorized | 0

I was reading the stories of people who were caught – and the consequences they’ve had to deal with – and wow. I am so so so lucky.

21 Dec 2013

Attorney: Sale of Controlled Substances

by admin | posted in: College Days, Luxury To Forget, No Record | 0

I can’t tell you how many background checks my name has been run through in the last year, but I can tell you how very relieved I am knowing that each time it will come back clean.

19 Dec 2013

Pediatrician: Arson, Criminal Damage to Property

by admin | posted in: Luxury To Forget, No Record, Teenage Years | 0

I suppose there are a few felonies in my history, if I really think about it. But blowing up a state toilet is arson, and arsonists can’t work with kids.