José Padilla had been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for more than 40 years when he was assured by his attorney in 2001 that pleading guilty to a drug offense would not affect his immigration status. Almost immediately, however, the government began deportation proceedings against him. Nine years later in Padilla v. …
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Margaret Colgate Love
Collateral Consequences
One in four Americans has some form of a criminal record. The collateral consequences of a conviction – finding work or obtaining a professional license after an incarceration, for instance – can be severe and hard to diminish, and the volume and extent of these consequences are substantial. Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Law, Policy …
