Cooley Law School hosts a free expungement fair March 6 in Lansing. Volunteer attorneys will help eligible residents clear their criminal records.

Michigan's Clean Slate law allows individuals to expunge eligible convictions, providing a second chance and restoring rights.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lansing — More than 1.2 million convictions were set aside Tuesday on the first day of an automatic expungement program created by a 2020 law designed to re-open job and housing opportunities for ...

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 ...