Dozens turn out seeking to expunge old convictions

Attorneys met with about 50 people and will be filing more than 200 petitions with courts following the first of several expungement clinics set to take place across Vermont in the coming months.

News Story (Vermont)

Alan J. Keays
VTDigger.org (Vermont)
December 17, 2018
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Tags: Expungement / Record Sealing

Organizations mentioned/involved: Vermont Legal Aid (VLA)


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At the event Friday at the Winooski Community Justice Center, a team of 10 volunteers from the Chittenden County Bar Association and Vermont Legal Aid helped people fill out petitions seeking to expunge qualifying criminal convictions, Mairead O’Reilly, a staff attorney for Vermont Legal Aid, said Monday.

The Vermont Attorney General’s Office co-hosted the clinic in Winooski along with Vermont Legal Aid and the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s Office.