On Monday, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office would be taking on more than 9,300 cannabis related cases, expunging them from people’s criminal records, reducing ...

In a first-of-its-kind move, the California State Bar endorsed a plan to expunge attorney discipline records—other than disbarment—after eight years. The practical effect of the move is that public ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— According to the 2023 National Survey of People with Records, half of those with prior convictions reported difficulties finding a job, keeping employment, or making a living.

A free legal Clean Slate Clinic for county residents seeking criminal record expungement, felony reduction, and arrest record sealing will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 at The Colleges of Law ...

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. President Donald Trump pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey, 'Drumstick,' with National Turkey Federation Chairman Carl Wittenburg and his family in the Rose ...

More than 70 million Americans have some form of a criminal record, which can entail an arrest, charge, or conviction. That record can go on to limit access to housing, employment, and education — ...

SOUTH BEND -- A new state law that went into effect July 1 is already being utilized by St. Joseph County residents wishing to clean up their criminal records. The new expungement law, House Enrolled ...

MARTINEZ — Andrew Hall, the ex-Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputy who served a prison sentence for assault in a 2018 on-duty killing, seems poised to have the conviction scrubbed from his record. That’s ...