Expungement / Record Sealing

Second chances can lift all

Letter to Editor (Georgia)

Second chances can lift all

February 4, 2020 | Nancy DeVetter | Savannah Morning News
Most people are not aware that, no matter how many years have passed or how much a person has changed, almost all convictions stay on a person’s record forever in Georgia, creating lifetime barriers to employment, housing and well-being
Tags: Expungement / Record Sealing

Lawmakers hope to widen list of crimes that can be expunged

News Story (Vermont)

Lawmakers hope to widen list of crimes that can be expunged

November 14, 2019 | Xander Landen | VTDigger.org (Vermont)
panel of state law enforcement officers, prosecutors and public defenders is recommending that Vermont dramatically expand expungement laws so that ex-offenders convicted of the vast majority of the state’s felony crimes can eventually scrub their criminal histories.
Tags: Expungement / Record Sealing

How Much Does It Help To Expunge A Criminal Record? Local Study Seeks To Find Out

News Story (Pennsylvania)

How Much Does It Help To Expunge A Criminal Record? Local Study Seeks To Find Out

September 23, 2019 | An-Li Herring | WESA (Pittsburgh)
Expungement erases past arrests and charges, and removes old or low-level convictions from public view. But no empirical data show how much of an impact it has on job or housing prospects, or on the chances of future arrests.
Tags: Expungement / Record Sealing

Nonprofit Legal Services Groups Help Get Pot Offense Records Sealed in NYC

News Story (New York)

Nonprofit Legal Services Groups Help Get Pot Offense Records Sealed in NYC

August 11, 2019 | Ruth McCambridge | Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ)
In a class action suit that plaintiffs are hoping will become a model for the rest of the state, attorneys from nonprofit and pro-bono legal-services groups in Manhattan have [...] petitioned for and won a settlement that will seal the records of hundreds of people convicted on marijuana charges.
Tags: Expungement / Record Sealing