The American Bar Association has developed a national database of collateral consequences, or things that can happen to you beyond jail time and fines if your convicted of a crime….
Beadle County State’s Attorney Mike Moore says convictions can carry collateral consequences especially when it comes to obtaining licenses for certain types of employment…
Moore says some collateral consequences do more harm than good…
Moore believes the database is the first step in reducing the impact of collateral consequences…
The website containing the interactive map is at www.abacollateralconsequences.org.