Maryland lawmakers are weighing two bills that could expand criminal record expungement through automated clean slate laws ...

A criminal record can cast a long shadow, impacting everything from employment opportunities to housing options. But what if you’ve paid your debt to society and want to move forward with a clean ...

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The current system requires people to petition the court to have records expunged – a step that can present a hurdle to people it's intended to assist and necessitate the hiring of a lawyer.

The R.I. Clean Slate Act would automate this process by adding a section to R.I.’s expungement statute that bypasses the requirement to file a petition and instead instructs the court to identify and ...

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A free expungement fair for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties will be held Saturday at Johnson Recreation ...

A criminal case may be dismissed. Charges may be dropped. A judge may withhold adjudication. Yet years later, a background check can still raise a red flag. Across Florida, more residents are learning ...