NBC 10 I-Team: Clearing your name  Turn to 10

Travis County to host 'expunction expo' in February  KVUE.com

Change in state law causes increase in the clearing of criminal records in Hamilton County  WLWT Cincinnati

Why other states should follow the lead on New Jersey clean slate law | TheHill  The Hill

Clean slate: Expungements a complex, confusing second chance  Traverse City Record Eagle

Illinois' pot law takes expungement a step further  Kankakee Daily Journal

New Study Ranking State Requirements for Misdemeanor Expungement Emphasizes Need for Criminal Justice Reform  Yahoo Finance

How to Expunge Your Record for Cannabis Crimes: Illinois  VICE

Lamont to introduce Clean Slate legislation, which would wipe away some criminal records  theday.com

Marijuana Record Expungement Movement Growing Rapidly, Report Shows  Marijuana Moment

The Erasure of the Official Record in a High-Profile Sex Abuse Case Reflects a Growing Trend  Willamette Week

Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictions  The Associated Press

Editorial: Make Clean Slate a priority in 2020  CT Post

National Expungement Week (NEW) Release 2019 Impact Report Highlighting Need for Expanded Access to Legal Relief Services  PRNewswire

Senate advances criminal justice reform package  WCTV

Baltimore ending the year with 32% homicide clearance rate, one of the lowest in three decades  Baltimore Sun

Marijuana: 6 things to watch for in California in 2020  Santa Cruz Sentinel

What to look for in criminal justice reform in New York in 2020  Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Neronha offers criminal expungement clinic  Jamestown Press

Contra Costa County DA’s office to clear marijuana-related convictions of 2,400 people  San Francisco Chronicle

How Much Does It Help To Expunge A Criminal Record? Local Study Seeks To Find Out  90.5 WESA

John Legend gives encore endorsement of Kim Foxx in Cook County state’s attorney’s race  Chicago Tribune

Criminal records can be a ‘life sentence to poverty.’ This state is automatically sealing some.  Washington Post

The Case for Expunging Criminal Records  New York Times

Expungement Clinic In Homewood Saturday To Help With Clearing Criminal Records  90.5 WESA

How much does it help to expunge a criminal record? Western Pa. study seeks to find out  witf.org

Second Annual National Expungement Week (N.E.W.) Helps People Clear Criminal Records  Forbes

Can’t get a job, housing because of a criminal record in California? This bill might help  Press-Enterprise

Lawmakers consider clearing some criminal records  WBAY

How the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office boosts its rape stats without solving cases  Tampa Bay Times

Edward Snowden: Trump has created a global playbook to attack those revealing uncomfortable truths  The Washington Post

Expungement And Sealing Of Records Help Ex-Criminals Return To Work  NPR

‘Like trying to kill a fly with a bazooka’: Police shooting investigation takes nearly three years  Chico Enterprise-Record

Want your criminal record expunged? New study offering free legal assistance could help  Wichita Eagle

Clear more criminal records to give people a fresh start  Raleigh News & Observer

Some with Criminal Records Get a Possible Second Chance  9&10 News

Get help expunging your criminal record at this Lansing clinic  Lansing State Journal

An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands  BBC News

Criminal expungements a possibility for more West Virginians  West Virginia MetroNews

How to get your criminal record sealed in Michigan  Detroit Free Press

Illinois is expunging marijuana convictions from nearly 800,000 criminal records  CNN International

Texas judges may have overstepped by clearing violent criminal records  WFAA.com

Have an old criminal record? Today, Pennsylvania starts sealing 30 million of them automatically.  The Philadelphia Inquirer

Why states are rushing to seal tens of millions of old criminal records  The Economist

More Kentuckians eligible for criminal record expungement  14 News WFIE Evansville

Pathways 2 Pardons Event Tuesday Offers Free Help With Clearing Criminal Records  90.5 WESA

GameChangers 2019: 10 Predictions for Organized Crime in 2020  Insightcrime.org

About 160,000 People in New York to See Their Marijuana Convictions Disappear  The New York Times

It may become easier to clear criminal history in Michigan  Detroit Free Press

Legal group offering clinics on clearing marijuana convictions from criminal records  The Oakland Press

North Carolina moves to help offenders clear their records  WLOS

Michigan House considers expungement of marijuana, traffic convictions  Bridge Michigan

New Court Ruling Could Make Expungement Unaffordable For Some Kentuckians  89.3 WFPL News Louisville

Criminal record expungement program starting in Cobb  MDJOnline.com

Nearly 800,000 can clear records for pot possession. Here's how.  Chicago Daily Herald

How Do You Clear Your Criminal Record? Ask Seth Rogen.  InsideHook

For many, even 'automatic' clearing of marijuana records could be complicated  Crain's Chicago Business

Fly-tipping costs pair £200 each in fines  shropshirestar.com

Op-Ed: How California can use technology to wipe the slate clean for millions with criminal records  Los Angeles Times

Undoing the Damage of the Drug War  Rolling Stone

Automatic Sealing? Expungement? As They Legalize Marijuana, New York Lawmakers Negotiate Clearing Criminal Records  Gotham Gazette

People with criminal records deserve a second chance — and business can help provide it | TheHill  The Hill

Many Californians can clear criminal records, but don’t. This bill would make it automatic  San Francisco Chronicle

JPMorgan Chase is hiring people with criminal backgrounds  Chicago Tribune

Study: Few Michigan residents try to get convictions erased  UpNorthLive.com

Clearing 235,000 marijuana records would not be automatic under new bill  Detroit Free Press

Kalamazoo County Bar Association looks to give people a chance at clearing their record  WWMT-TV

Free expungement clinic offers opportunity to clean up court records  Citizen Times

Seth Rogen Details How to Clear Your Criminal Record in New PSA  Rolling Stone

Some states are expunging marijuana-related convictions. Why isn't Michigan?  Michigan Radio

States prepare to purge tens of thousands of pot convictions  Los Angeles Times

Democratic State Lawmakers Push to Automatically Expunge 1 Million Criminal Convictions  KTLA Los Angeles

Proposed Law Would Broaden Eligibility For Criminal Expungement  Wisconsin Public Radio News

Mass. still has no clue how many people’s marijuana records should be cleared  The Boston Globe

How to erase your criminal record (yes, that's a thing!)  FOX 29

More Than 200000 Pot Convictions Poised for Clearing  THE CITY

Michigan Votes 11/8/19  Fenton Tri County Times

Can a Criminal Record Ever Be Fully Expunged?  Pacific Standard

National Expungement Week Highlights States' Lack Of Legal Repair Efforts  Forbes

Navajo Nation Wants Utilities To Make Up Coal Losses, Gun Debate Prompts Weapons Ban At State Senate  KUNM

Lining up for a second chance: Legal clinic provides path to clearing old criminal records  Cincinnati.com

There’s No Such Thing as Expunging a Criminal Record Anymore  Slate

Thousands of Californians Could Get Their Marijuana Convictions Cleared. But It’s Complicated.  The New York Times

Expungement help desk giving people second chances at life  WRTV Indianapolis

After National Outcry, Florida Judge Clears Record of Man Who Served 10 Days in Jail for Missing Jury Duty  TIME

235,000 Michiganders could have marijuana record cleared under new bill  Detroit Free Press

Madison County to Host Expungement Day With Land of Lincoln Legal Aid  RiverBender.com

How Clearing Criminal Records Puts People to Work  CityLab

Convicted Of A Weed Crime? Expungement Clinic Aims To Help People Clear Their Records In West Loop This Weekend  Block Club Chicago

Utah lawmakers pass the 'clean slate' bill to automatically clear the criminal records of people who earn an expungement  Salt Lake Tribune

Cook County is partnering with a tech nonprofit to expunge cannabis records. Here’s what to know about Code f  Chicago Tribune

Clearing of criminal record 'a blessing' for future lawyer  The Pantagraph

Seth Rogen Explains The Importance Of Expunging Criminal Records  NowThis

It should be easier to expunge minor crimes and give people a second chance, attorney says  NJ.com

Motorists could be fined £450 for littering - 90 percent of drivers back larger fines  Express.co.uk

Clearing U.S. Customs with old arrest record can be tricky  Los Angeles Times

State lawmaker hopes to clear records of Mainers convicted of marijuana possession  WGME

Gavin Newsom signs measures giving ‘second chance’ to ex-offenders  San Francisco Chronicle

The ‘Clean Slate’ bill would let people move on from their mistakes.  Hartford Courant

Bill that could protect trafficking survivors from deportation has yet to reach floor in Albany  Queens Daily Eagle