- Arson & Aggravated Arson
- Kidnapping & Aggravated Kidnapping
- Aggravated DUI
- Aggravated Domestic Battery
- Any offense requiring registration under:
- Sex Offender Registration Act
- Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act
- Arsonist Registration Act
- Certificate of Relief from Disability: can provide recipient with relief from Illinois statutes banning professional licenses due to criminal convictions. Common licenses where the certificate applies include, but are not limited to:
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- Real Estate License
- Accounting License
- Barber’s License
- Professional Counseling License
- Roofing license
- Nutritionist License
- Professional Engineering Practice Act license
- Land Surveyor License
- Family Therapist License,
- among others.
- Certificate of Good Conduct: can provide an exception/relief to State bans on employment due to convictions, such as employment in:
- public schools
- with the park district
- the public transportation industry
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- *this type of certificate will not provide relief for a conviction banned under an Illinois licensure act. In this case, the proper certificate to seek is a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities.
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- RELIEVE EMPLOYER FROM LIABILITY:
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- Both a Certificate of Relief from Disability & Certificate of Good Conduct relieve an employer from criminal or civil liability for hiring an individual with a conviction, with the exception of willful and wanton acts by that individual.
- IMMUNITY: IS AN OFFICIAL FINDING OF REHABILITATION TO PRESENT TO EMPLOYER
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- Both the Certificate of Relief from Disabilities & Certificate of Good Conduct require the petitioner to demonstrate “rehabilitation.”
- Common sense dictates these certificates will increase an employer’s comfort in hiring someone with criminal convictions due to the legal protection the certificate provides for employers who hire convicts.
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- PROVE YOUR INNOCENCE
- PARDON YOU FOR THE CRIME
- PREVENT AN EMPLOYER FROM USING THEIR DISCRETION TO HIRE YOU
- But without the certificate……...Who would you rather hire?
- PREVENT EMPLOYER FROM ACCESSING CRIMINAL BACKGROUND INFO
- STOP THE STATE FROM INTRODUCING THE CONVICTION AT TRIAL
- Certificate of Relief from Disability:
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- Can be entered at time of sentencing
- At any time thereafter
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- Certificate of Good Conduct:
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- Most serious crime = misdemeanor = 1 year from termination of sentence
- Most serious crime = felony = 2 years from termination of sentence
- Must be filed & issued in the jurisdiction conviction occurred
- Circuit Court/probation shall have the duty to investigate all applications
- Hearing will be held
- Petitioner must prove, by clear & convincing evidence, rehabilitation
- Shall be revoked upon conviction of subsequent conviction