ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A bill designed to help former low level offenders move ahead with their lives will become law in Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton Wednesday signed the criminal records expungement bill, ...

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, ...

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 ...

I spent most of the first half of my life in carceral settings. My first incarceration was at 11 years old. By 17, I was serving what amounted to a juvenile life sentence, followed by 15 consecutive ...

The expungement order, signed March 6, 2026, sealed all court records relating to the arrest.

The current system requires people to petition the court to have records expunged – a step that can present a hurdle to ...

Salt Lake City police on Friday announced that they have expunged more than 74,000 criminal records, clearing a massive backlog that had built up over the past two years. That backlog ballooned after ...