Cook County State's Attorney resumes clearing cannabis records  Daily Northwestern

Opinion: Michigan expungement law will give many residents a new future  Eastern Echo

NC's Second Chance Act: Free legal help, new toolkit can help people clear their past criminal convictions  WTVD-TV

Expunging and Sealing Criminal Records  Center For American Progress

MLK Jr Holiday Legacy Expungement Bowl To Clear Misdemeanor Arrest Records in Fulton County  RADIO.COM

Gordon-Booth Touts Program To Help Expunge Cannabis Convictions  WGLT News

Gov. Whitmer signs bills expanding criminal record expungement in Michigan  Detroit Free Press

Advancing Clean Slate: The Need for Automatic Record Clearance During the Coronavirus Pandemic  Center For American Progress

EBR student’s record cleared after facing criminal charges for BB gun in bedroom  BRProud.com

Michigan criminal record expungement bills head to Whitmer's desk  Detroit Free Press

“A Load Off Your Chest”—Criminal Record Expungement During the Pandemic  Filter

Criminal Records Create Cycles of Multigenerational Poverty  Center For American Progress

Americans with criminal records will be left out of the recovery if we don't fix these policies  CNN

RELEASE: On Its One Year Anniversary, Pennsylvania's Clean Slate Law Has Cleared Nearly 35 Million Records  Center For American Progress

New law clarifies wait time to expunge criminal records  Evening News and Tribune

Supreme Court rules on requirements for clearing a criminal record  Radio Iowa

Michigan criminal record expungement bills a step closer to Senate vote  Detroit Free Press

Online event will help people clear criminal records  AdVantageNEWS.com

What pending changes to expungement laws mean for setting aside criminal records in Michigan  MLive.com

Mitigating the Impacts of a Criminal Record on Young Adults in the US  Center For American Progress

Michigan Senate approves criminal record expungement bills  WILX

STATEMENT: Michigan Becomes Latest State To Pass Clean Slate Legislation, First To Include Felonies  Center For American Progress

Washington Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Automatically Cleared Criminal Records  The Appeal

Legislature approves bill package to help more people clear criminal records  Michigan Radio

A Record Means Discrimination—But National Expungement Week Is Here  Filter

Getting a Job with a Criminal Record Post COVID-19  Lexology

California Bill Would Seal 2 Million Criminal Records  NBC Bay Area

Michigan ‘Clean Slate’ plan could take years to implement  WDIV ClickOnDetroit

Polis Issues New 'Narrow' Pardons For 2732 Marijuana-Related Convictions  Colorado Public Radio

How one application can wipe your criminal record clean  WOAI

Winfield to swap out Lamont’s Clean Slate bill with a broader measure  The CT Mirror

The Case for Expunging Criminal Records  New York Times

In one year, Pa.‘s Clean Slate law has erased 35 million crimes. What’s next?  Morning Call

Protesters shouldn’t be saddled with criminal records | COMMENTARY  Baltimore Sun

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

In NJ, certain cannabis convictions can now be cleared from criminal records  NJBIZ

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

He’s waited 14 months for a clean slate, but coronavirus making expungement backlog worse  NJ.com

After 15 years, Atlanta chaplain has redemption  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Tech Teams Up With California To Fast-Track Dismissal Of 85,000 Pot Convictions  NPR

Maryland: Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly to Advance Automatic Expungement Measure  NORML Blog

Op-Ed: It’s time for the next step in Clean Slate reform  The Center Square

Marijuana Record Expungement Movement Growing Rapidly, Report Shows  Marijuana Moment

Clean Slate: New law makes clearing your record, getting back to work easier  FOX13 Memphis

CommonWealth Magazine  CommonWealth magazine

Peacing Together: The benefits of clearing your record and how to do it  13WMAZ.com

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

Ex-Judge's Arrest Record Expunged | New Jersey Law Journal  Law.com

The Pandemic Has Exacerbated Housing Instability for Renters of Color  Center For American Progress

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

An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands  BBC News

California Bill Would Wipe Low-Level Criminal Records for 2 Million  KTLA

Fairness is an issue in clearing low-level marijuana convictions  ABA Journal

State momentum in criminal record sealing fuels federal clean slate bill | TheHill  The Hill

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

Marijuana Expungements Hinge On Result Of Arizona Prosecutor Race  Marijuana Moment

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

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

Lamont to introduce Clean Slate legislation in next session  The CT Mirror

Five Things You Didn't Know About Clearing Your Record  The Marshall Project

If Arizona Legalizes Weed, Top Prosecutors Would Be Key To Clearing Past Convictions  The Appeal

Kentucky Legislature Moves To Expunge Records Of People Never Convicted  WKU Public Radio

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

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

Colorado Attorney General Talks Marijuana Crime Expungement, Social Equity | Westword  Westword

How to Expunge Your Record for Cannabis Crimes: Illinois  VICE

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

Using Innovation to Address Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System | The Legal Intelligencer  Law.com

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

STATEMENT: CAP's Rebecca Vallas Applauds Pennsylvania for Eliminating Fines and Fees as a Barrier to Clean Slate  Center For American Progress

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

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

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

States help trafficking survivors overcome criminal records  ABA Journal

Pop-Up Clinics Are Helping Free People From Their Old Weed Criminal Records  VICE

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

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

A 'Record' 152 Laws Reducing Reentry Barriers Passed in 2019  Crime Report

Law You Can Use: Understanding how criminal records are sealed  The Highland County Press

Second Chance Act: Gov. Cooper signs bill into law that would allow people to clear non-violent crimes from record  WTVD-TV

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

North Carolina moves to help offenders clear their records  WLOS

New legislation sets aside misdemeanor marijuana convictions  The Pioneer

4.2 million Georgians have a criminal record; Savannah attorneys want to help  WSAV-TV

A clean slate in the age of coronavirus  Newsday

New Bill Would Clear Criminal Records of Some Prisoners After Serving Sentence  California Globe

More Kentuckians eligible for criminal record expungement  14 News WFIE Evansville

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

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

It Just Became Easier to Clean A Criminal Record in the Garden State  NJ Spotlight

NJ's 'clean slate' expungement opening doors more in pandemic  New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio

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

Michigan: Gov. Whitmer Signs Marijuana Expungement Legislation Into Law  Norml

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

Sen. Gary Winfield proposes plan to wipe out misdemeanors and some felony convictions  Hartford Courant

Martin Luther King Jr.’s arrest record in Fulton County to be expunged  Atlanta Journal Constitution

Michigan Governor Signs Marijuana Expungements Bill As Part Of Criminal Justice Package  Marijuana Moment

Second Chances Are Nonpartisan – InsideSources  InsideSources

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

NC should pass the ‘Second Chance Act’ to help clear old records and ease hiring  Raleigh News & Observer