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

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

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

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

Update to 'News You Can Use: Research Roundup for Re-Entry Advocates'  Center For American Progress

Akerna Collaborates with The Last Prisoner Project Providing Donation Functionality through its MJ Platform POS Solution  The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Expunging and Sealing Criminal Records  Center For American Progress

Colorado Lawmakers Give Governor Power to Expunge Past Marijuana Crimes | Westword  Westword

Appeals court overturns short sentence in Fullerton hate crime  OCRegister

Seacoast NAACP may call for Volinsky to resign over ‘token’ comment  Foster's Daily Democrat

Sonoma County's CannaCraft launches product to help prison population  North Bay Business Journal

GOP Memo Rips Into Joe Biden's Drug War Record  Marijuana Moment

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

Fires in Brazil's Amazon Surge to Highest Rate in 13 Years  Democracy Now!

Criminal Records Create Cycles of Multigenerational Poverty  Center For American Progress

LMPD Officers Given Commendations, Back On Patrol Before Shooting Investigation Is Complete  Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting

57 members of Buffalo police riot response team resign after shoving incident  Buffalo News

Your Thursday Briefing  The New York Times

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

Trump sued over clearing peaceful protesters: Live updates  Al Jazeera English

The Last Time the U.S. Army Cleared Demonstrators From Pennsylvania Avenue  POLITICO

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany  Whitehouse.gov

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

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

Liberty State Park land grab: The backlash  Politico

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

The Hero Myth of Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo  Texas Monthly

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

Seattle Police Chief speaks out on CHAZ: 'Leaving the precinct was not my decision'  CHS Capitol Hill Seattle News

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

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

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

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

Marijuana Record Expungement Movement Growing Rapidly, Report Shows  Marijuana Moment

Friends Say Elderly Protester Shoved by Buffalo Police Is a Catholic Peace Activist, Not Antifa  TIME

California Bill Would Seal 2 Million Criminal Records  NBC Bay Area

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

Trump, Biden don’t support defunding police  The Washington Post

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

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

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

More Kentuckians eligible for criminal record expungement  14 News WFIE Evansville

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

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

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

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

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

George Floyd Protests: Rumor Roundup  Snopes.com

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

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

The incredible story of New Orleans' first black female homicide detective  The Guardian

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

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

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

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

How to Expunge Your Record for Cannabis Crimes: Illinois  VICE

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

Michigan lawmakers push to expunge marijuana-related convictions  WDIV ClickOnDetroit

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

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

Court: Wisconsin must expunge arrest records from database if people aren’t charged  Chicago Tribune

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

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

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

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

Lawmakers consider clearing some criminal records  WBAY

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

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

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

Colorado Reexamines Elijah McClain’s Death in Police Custody  Voice of America

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

How to Expunge Your Record for Cannabis Crimes: California  VICE

The Case for Expunging Criminal Records  New York Times

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

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

BIRN Fact-check: Promises Fulfilled, Promises Forgotten in North Macedonia  Balkan Insight

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

New Court Ruling Could Make Expungement Unaffordable For Some Kentuckians  Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting

Hong Kong is gone. It's over. - Business Insider  Business Insider

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

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

Kentucky government officials to investigate handling of Breonna Taylor shooting  Daily Mail

An algorithm wipes clean the criminal pasts of thousands  BBC News

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

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

States help trafficking survivors overcome criminal records  ABA Journal

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

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

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

Fights break out in gathering of youth on Hove Lawns  The Argus

Michigan House considers expungement of marijuana, traffic convictions  Bridge Michigan

A criminal record should not be a lifetime sentence; that’s why we need the clean slate law  Hartford Courant

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

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

CLIMATE IMPACTS: Wildfire season is coming. Is the new PG&E ready?  E&E News

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

Trafficking victims can clear arrest records, but it isnt easy  The Ledger

Want your record cleared? Come to the Atlanta/Fulton County Record Restriction Symposium  MDJOnline.com

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

Can Denver's Next Try at Clearing Old Pot Crimes Bear More Fruit?  Westword