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Announcing Anna Kurien, CRRJ’s new Legal Director
Anna worked for over a decade as a Public Defender at the Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Office of the Public Defender. There, she represented low-income… Read More
Big Wins – LAJC at the 2021 Legislative Session
The 2021 General Assembly session is wrapping up, and all the bills and budget amendments that passed the Virginia House and Senate are on… Read More
Transformative Record Sealing Law Passes
download pdf version here Today, Virginians are one step away from a major victory: criminal record sealing that is automatic, equitable, free, and far… Read More
The Case for Automatic Expungement in VA
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Yohance Whitaker
Yohance joined the Legal Aid Justice Center as an intern in 2019, focused on pre-trial justice and police accountability. Prior to LAJC, he was the… Read More
Maisie Osteen
Maisie joined the Civil Rights & Racial Justice Program at LAJC in October 2020. Prior to LAJC, Maisie was a Public Defender in Columbia, South… Read More
Suspended Driver’s License? What you need to know
As of July 1st, the law allowing the suspension of a person’s driver’s license in Virginia due to unpaid court debt has permanently ended. Watch… Read More
A Long Road to a Big Win
Ending Virginia’s Driver’s License Suspension Trap Six years ago, a Charlottesville jail superintendent brought a serious problem to the local reentry council: the jail… Read More
I was not sentenced to death.
Listen to, and read, a statement from Cynthia Scott who is currently incarcerated at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women… Read More
Crossover Update – Advocating for Change
We are halfway through the 2020 Virginia legislative session, and the bills that have passed through both the House and… Read More
