PROVIDENCE – Lawyer-legislator Jake Bissaillon recently recounted this story as an example of why lawmakers should allow people convicted of a felony to have up to five misdemeanor convictions erased ...

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty plans to host a felony-level expungement clinic next week to assist those with eligible convictions with sealing their court records. The clinic will take place ...

A criminal record, regardless of whether a person was convicted or not, can foreclose opportunity throughout a person's life. Entities like landlords, employers and loan officers regularly run ...

PROVIDENCE – With tens of thousands of crimes committed in Rhode Island already purged from state records as if they never happened, the Senate on Thursday unanimously approved legislation to ...

A one-day Jacksonville clinic processed more than 200 applications from those hoping to seal or expunge past criminal records.

Attorneys representing three individuals seeking to expunge their criminal records in Delaware have asserted that their applications were unjustly rejected due to convictions in other states. This ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering bills that would expand access to expungement for people with criminal records. Advocates argue that expungement is crucial for people to rebuild their lives, ...

Minnesota is poised to expunge more than 60,000 misdemeanor marijuana records as early as next month, according to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The BCA has been working to expunge all ...