About 150,000 people have benefitted from the legislation so far, but CT doesn't have a way to notify people when convictions ...

The law was launched in 2023 to ensure those who complete their prison sentences and stay crime-free can move on without ...

A past mistake should not become a lifetime barrier to employment, housing or stability.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a church in downtown New Haven, Gov. Ned Lamont symbolically 'erases' the records of 81,000 people whose criminal convictions ...

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) — Over 150,000 criminal records have been expunged due to the Clean Slate law in Connecticut, experts said on Wednesday. The law, created in 2021, clears certain “old, ...

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. CHICAGO — Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically ...

OpEd: Criminal records, especially for nonviolent and low-level offenses, can create lifelong barriers to jobs, housing, and education.

A left-leaning Michigan city official and nonprofit leader whose felony record was wiped clean under a Democrat-backed law now faces assault and domestic violence charges. “These recent allegations ...

The “Clean Slate” Act, which could have sealed thousands and potentially millions of nonviolent criminal records in Illinois, had bipartisan support but failed to pass in the final flurry of ...