A new law went into effect in Michigan on Tuesday that could wipe out certain criminal convictions for up to 400,000 state residents.
"My department has been traveling the state for years, hosting expungement fairs to help eligible residents clear their records in the hopes of improving employment and housing eligibility, as well as significantly reducing the chances of that resident winding up back in the court system," Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday."Today, that process becomes a whole lot easier.
Inmates wait for their video arraignments at the Saginaw County Jail in Saginaw, Mich. The so-called"Clean Slate" law could enable authorities to automatically expunge criminal convictions for 400,000 Michigan residents. The Michigan State Police are streamlining the process. It enables the search of state databases to find eligible convictions that can be removed.that are eligible for expungement: Misdemeanors punishable by less than 92 days imprisonment, which has a seven-year waiting period before it can be removed from someone's record; misdemeanors punishable by 93 days or more imprisonment, not more than four and also a waiting period of seven years and felonies, not more than two.
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