New Michigan laws are making it easier for residents who have committed nonviolent crimes to get their records wiped clean. Michigan’s new “Clean Slate” legislation, signed into law last fall, went ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – An expungement fair held in Grand Rapids Saturday brought Eloise Ledesma one step closer to getting a decades-old misdemeanor wiped from her record. Ledesma, 47, was picking up her ...

The application process for getting a criminal record sealed from public view in Michigan can be daunting. It requires a lot of paperwork, and the fees can add up to nearly $100. But before you even ...

Automatic expungement of certain criminal convictions begins Tuesday in Michigan. The ability to clear some convictions from public view without an application comes two years after new legislation ...

Students from the University of Detroit Mercy law school will spend the next week in several rural counties helping people to expunge their criminal records. The traveling clinic program, called ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Supporters of Michigan’s recent expungement expansion say getting a criminal record cleared can help people gain housing, go to school, get better employment and lead otherwise ...

Over a year ago, Detroiter K'Juane Isaac set out to get two criminal convictions from 2013 and 2014 wiped off his record using a new law designed to give people a clean slate — and better prospects ...

Now that Michigan has legally approved the process of expunging past cannabis convictions, it’s time to put plans into action and get some of these past convictions overturned. In order to do so, the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Several organizations are working together this week to help those with a criminal past clear their records. The Black and Brown Cannabis Guild is a group of people ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan would automatically expunge the criminal records of hundreds of thousands of residents under sweeping "clean slate" bills that received final legislative approval on ...

LANSING, MI - With weeks remaining in the current legislative session, last-minute criminal justice reforms are on the table for Michigan lawmakers. In the coming days, the Michigan House is set to ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Julia Elkins wants to go on school field trips with her daughter like other parents, but felonies from almost a decade ago related to her drug addiction will keep her ineligible ...