A criminal record can prevent a person from getting a job, finding a place to live or entering an education or job training ...

Hadasha Foxx has wanted to be a nurse for more than a decade, but found out last year that a mistake she made years ago would hold her back from her dream. "It was devastating," said Foxx, 30, who ...

When Khalil Ferguson started offering free expungement clinics in Oak Park five years ago, he saw firsthand how a conviction — even one from decades ago — could shadow someone for life. One of his ...

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, ...

A Wisconsin Watch reader asks: The state expungement statute seems very strict. Does anyone actually get their record expunged? Is it easier to get a pardon or commutation from the governor? Why is it ...

More than 1,300 Big Island residents had a low-level drug arrest wiped from their record last year, and many of them may not even know it. The state Attorney General’s Office recently completed the ...

The city celebrated more than 15,000 criminal convictions that have been expunged from Detroit's records since 2016. Thousands of people in Michigan became eligible for expungement after the Clean ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Supreme Court is refusing to seal the arrest and trial records for a Brown County man who was accused and later acquitted of first-degree murder. In a unanimous ...

There is no cost associated with having a criminal record expunged. A criminal record does not necessarily need to follow someone for the rest of their lives. For some people, having the record ...

Councilman Zach Oyler's criminal record stems from a 2019 domestic violence arrest. Oyler ultimately took an Alford plea in the case, which was reduced to disorderly conduct charges. Oyler's ex-wife, ...

Millions of Americans with criminal records face barriers to employment, housing, and other opportunities, forming a "waiting workforce." JPMorganChase & Co. and Legal Aid of Southeast and Central ...