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College undergrads support second chances for people with felony records, but not always. Find out who is considered more deserving in this article by Rena C. Zito, Stacy De Coster, and Eden J. Ralph.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00380237.2025.2582842

#sociology #secondChance #felony #collateralConsequences #college

Falow, Master Surchid Dec 13, 2023

Not being able to serve on juries is one of the #CollateralConsequences of incarceration. #NewJersey is looking to end that by passing a law that would allow folks who served their time to be eligible for jury duty. But of course, there's a lot of fear-mongering going on about formerly incarcerated people.

The kicker paragraph in this piece is amazing.
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/12/13/the-debate-over-letting-ex-offenders-sit-on-juries-includes-odious-fear-mongering/

The debate over letting ex-offenders sit on juries includes odious fear-mongering - New Jersey Monitor

Critics of a bill that would allow more ex-offenders to sit on juries are engaging in odious fear-mongering.

New Jersey Monitor

Matthew Clair Nov 21, 2022

Just published a paper in LSR on #collateralconsequences, #juries, and the #carceralstate. Interviews with 103 court officials reveal that being perceived as an offender or victim of crime (or proximate to one) is a common basis for jury exclusion. We argue that such exclusion is a collateral consequence of mass criminalization, with racialized and gendered effects that maintain law's inequality.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/lasr.12629
#sociology #criminology #lawprofs