PUBLIC COURTS, PRIVATE RECORDS: ACCESSIBILITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE RHODE ISLAND COURT SYSTEMINTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY FINDINGSCASES ORIGINALLY CHARGED AS CRIMES OF VIOLENCESTATUTORY TIME LIMITSPRIOR CONVICTIONSLEGAL, BUT DUBIOUS, EXPUNGEMENTSTHE DISCRETIONARY DECISION NOT TO EXPUNGE CONCLUSIONSTaubman Center ...
most of his cases are of a different posture than this one. In those cases the suit was instituted by writs of attachment; the plaintiffs' claims were for unliquidated amounts; and the courts held
Are mugshots public record in Rhode Island? Mugshots will be contained in criminal records, whether it is accessed through the Rhode Island Police Department or through the Rhode Island courts. Mugshots can also be found on online background checks because they are public information. ...
The state has a Supreme Court, superior courts, district courts, and municipal and probate courts. Rhode Island state does not have a county level of government. However, five counties within the territory operate as geographic divisions. The 39 state municipalities each have its local administratio...
In addition to most city, state, and town offices being closed, state courts in Rhode Island are also closed, and services like trash collection are postponed to Tuesday. Rhode Island public transit operates on a Sunday schedule for the day.Federal offices, including US Postal Mail Ser...
Rhode Island DCYF director Ashley Deckert told the Globe that she hasn’t had to remove any youths from the out-of-state-facilities for safety concerns. DCYF caseworkers visit the youths at least monthly, and the agency also pays the transportation and lodging for families to visit their chil...
As dicey as it might seem at times, it is actually pretty safe here in Massachusetts and Rhode Island compared to much of the rest of the nation.
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island reversed a Superior Court ruling which was decided in favor of an employee of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation who, as a member of a state highway clean up crew, was the driver of a state owned dump truck which was involved in a fatal accide...
The government structure has evolved from a combination of sources including the Rhode Island Constitution, General Laws, and executive orders. The state has a Supreme Court, superior courts, district courts, and municipal and probate courts. ...
Courts must share information about individuals committed to mental institutions with the national background check database operated by the FBI. While Rhode Island does not have an assault weapons ban, it prohibits certain firearms. A state preemption law prevents local governments from passing ...