November 2021 Bar Bulletin
By Maria Jouravleva
Approximately one-third of adults have a criminal record. To put it into perspective: almost 100 million Americans have criminal activity on their record, even if it is only a speeding ticket. The same number of people in America have a bachelor’s degree, are active monthly users of TikTok, or suffer from chronic pain. It should be noted that these categories are not mutually exclusive: people with misdemeanor theft charges or felony drug convictions may hold degrees in higher education, create and consume content on social media platforms, and suffer illness and pain in the same way many other millions of Americans...