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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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1 results foundAuthor: U.S. Government Accountability Office Title: Nonviolent Drug Convictions: Stakeholders' Views on Potential Actions to Address Collateral Consequences Summary: In 2015, certain federal, state, and other law enforcement agencies made about 11 million arrests, according to the Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation. Individuals ultimately convicted of a crime may face federal or state collateral consequences. According to the ABA's NICCC, roughly 46,000 collateral consequences existed in federal and state laws and regulations, as of December 31, 2016. According to the ABA, collateral consequences have been a feature of the justice system since colonial times, but have become more pervasive in the past 20 years. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 included a provision for GAO to review collateral consequences for individuals with NVDC. This report identifies (1) collateral consequences in federal laws and regulations that can be imposed upon individuals with NVDC, (2) mechanisms that exist to relieve individuals from these collateral consequences, and (3) selected stakeholders' views on actions the federal government could consider to mitigate these collateral consequences. GAO analyzed NICCC data as of December 31, 2016; reviewed relevant laws, regulations, and federal agency documents; and conducted interviews with ABA staff, selected federal officials, and 14 stakeholders. GAO selected stakeholders with relevant experience, among other factors. Selected stakeholders included leaders of organizations representing judges, victims of crime, and states, among others. Details: Washington, DC: GAO, 2017. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: GAO-17-691: Accessed September 11, 2017 at: https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/687003.pdf Year: 2017 Country: United States URL: https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/687003.pdf Shelf Number: 147218 Keywords: Collateral ConsequencesDrug ConvictionsDrug Offenders |