Records of more than 67,000 Victorian criminals, detailing crimes ranging from petty theft and drunkenness to arson and murder, are published online for the first time today. full story ![]()

Woman believed to have strangled 400 babies and man who drowned three wives are among the criminals of the past whose records are being published online.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 28 days ago)
The ancient rap sheets date back to 1770 and include details of Victorian serial killers and habitual drunks banned from pubs as well as mugshots, court documents, appeal letters and prison ship registers
mirror.co.uk (2 months and 29 days ago)

It is now possible to search old criminal records to see if any family members fell foul of the lawFamily history website findmypast.co.uk has launched a new service that allows you to dig up your dodgier ancestors. The initial set of criminal records, now online, covers 1817 to 1931, but it will eventually be possible to search back to 1770. I know virtually nothing about...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 28 days ago)

Millions of historical criminal records are being put online allowing families to trace the dodgy past of their ancestors.
sky.com (2 months and 28 days ago)
Criminal-court records that were available only from courthouse computers can now be accessed online from any computer.
azstarnet.com (2 months and 5 days ago)
By Katherine GreggPROVIDENCE, R.I. - The number of crimes expunged from Rhode Island's criminal court records jumped by 36 percent last year, from 3,091 in 2011 to 4,198 in 2012. In 2012, 269 felonies and 3,929 misdemeanors to which someone had pleaded no-contest or been found guilty were erased from the public record, according to a preliminary count by the Rhode Island...
providencejournal.com (2 months and 16 days ago)

More than 2.5million records for people convicted in England and Wales between 1770 and 1934 have become available for the first time.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 29 days ago)
Authorities acknowledge no other state has such restrictive laws as Kansas when it comes to releasing criminal records.
kansascity.com (7 days ago)
Two weeks after their daughter died following months of alleged online harassment, the family of Rehtaeh Parsons sat down with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and urged him to ban the distribution of intimate images online under the Criminal Code of Canada.
cbc.ca (25 days ago)
As part of April 20’s Record Store Day, local Atlanta record store Criminal Records will be releasing the first two LPs in their “Live at Criminal Records” series, an on-going collection celebrating the shop's first 20 years of memorable in-store performances.
pastemagazine.com (3 months and 2 days ago)
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