Teens Charged as Adults

I was reading an article the other day about how teenagers in American who fool around are subject to arrest as sex offenders. To most of us who have even the vaguest recollection of being a teenager this sounds like paranoid insanity and the truth is not far from it. In most cases two teenagersRead More

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Pardon me, please

Ex-cons are seeking a lot more pardons these days as criminals try to put their past behind them Reposted from Â www.ottawasun.com By KATHLEEN HARRIS, NATIONAL BUREAU CHIEF The number of ex-cons seeking pardons has doubled as more employers and volunteer groups screen applicants for criminal records. Last year, more than 30,000 people applied for pardons,Read More

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Marijuana: The World’s Silliest Taboo

WhenÂ this pictureÂ of Michael Phelps smoking a bong surfaced, the world once again went loony, insisting that Phelps make amends for something that everyone does anyway. What nonsense. The fact that an olympic champion of Phelps’ stature has smoked weed is a clear indicator that marijuana is relatively harmless, great fun on accasion and obviously theRead More

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Reposted from thestar.com

There has been talk of criminal background checks becoming part of Canada’s passport application but nothing seemed to be actually happening. I’m still not sure if it is but this article explores a little bit of the issue. There is also talk about pardons being mandatory for those applying for aÂ passport but I believe thereRead More

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Criminal Records Do Not Expire

I just spoke with a nice person who had been imprisoned for ten years for attempted murder. (You would be surprised how many of the people with serious records are the nicest people to speak to, on the other hand the shoplifters can be a nightmare). Some of his fellow inmates had explained to himRead More

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If Only It Was That Easy

You know those ads on TV where everything just works out, and at the end of the Christmas holidays yourÂ credit cardÂ bill is zero? TheÂ last thing they sayÂ is somethingÂ along the lines ofÂ “if only life was that easy!” If only! True enough. I sometimes wish that at the end of the day all of the problems wereRead More

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Brand New NPC Website

Our new website is up and looking pretty sharp. Have a look around and if you have any comments on the layout, design, usability, etc we would love to hear what you have to say. The new look was kind of long overdue. National Pardon Centre: Canadian pardons and US entry waiver services

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Back to Work, Back to School and Back to the Business of Pardons

January is always a busy time at the National Pardon Centre. It some cases it is because people decide that removing a criminal recordÂ is their new years resolution but in a lot of cases it is because people have tried to travel over the holidays and found themselves stuck at the US border. Nobody wantsRead More

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AFIS Fingerprinting – Exciting Day at the National Pardon Centre

Well today at the National Pardon Centre we are all very excited because for the past few years we have been waiting patiently for our AFIS accreditation from the RCMP and Public Works Canada. This has been an ongoing project that has taken more than a little bit longer than expected. But such is theRead More

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American Pardons

American Pardons vs. Canadian Pardons I might sound like a broken record but I just have to say one more time how fair and just Canada’s pardon program seems in comparison to the biased system of our neighbours to the South. If there was ever an example of political favouritism the American presidential pardon systemRead More

Teens Charged as Adults

Pardon me, please

Marijuana: The World’s Silliest Taboo

Reposted from thestar.com

Criminal Records Do Not Expire

If Only It Was That Easy

Brand New NPC Website

Back to Work, Back to School and Back to the Business of Pardons

AFIS Fingerprinting – Exciting Day at the National Pardon Centre

American Pardons

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