Let's make it happen.Ī CLEAN SLATE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE EARNED IT THE SETTING ASIDE (EXPUNGEMENT) OF CONVICTIONS The new laws greatly expand the opportunity to expunge for past convictions. A recent study by the University of Michigan found that on average, past offenders who have had their convictions expunged earn wages that are 23% higher. A "clean-slate" can be the key to a good job and successful career. “The Clean Slate Act provides an opportunity for people who have made the effort to better their lives to no longer be stigmatized by the decisions they made, years, if not decades, before.Do you or a friend have a past Michigan conviction that is standing in the way of being able to start a new life to fill your potential? That's OK, so do many people.īut having a criminal record popping up on an employment application or background licensing check can derail your future. Up until this point, until the passage of the Clean Slate Act, these people were forever stigmatized by their criminal convictions because there was no mechanism by which these convictions could be removed from their record. I have seen countless people who made bad choices but, some time thereafter, turned themselves around and never got into legal trouble again. “For some people, this becomes a pattern throughout their lives for others, it is just a blip.
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“It is not uncommon for people, at certain times in their lives, particularly when they are young or going through a difficult time, to make a series of bad choices. “Having worked as a criminal defense attorney for more than a decade, I have encountered all sorts of people who have gotten themselves entangled in the criminal justice system,” said Sarissa Montague, criminal defense attorney at Kalamazoo-based Levine & Levine Attorneys at Law. Those who have been convicted of one or more criminal offenses, including felonies and misdemeanors, but not more than a total of three felony offenses, may apply to the convicting court to have their records expunged with a few exceptions.Īn individual cannot seek to expunge more than two assaultive crime convictions during his or her lifetime or seek to expunge more than one felony conviction for the same offense if it is punishable by more than 10 years’ incarceration. Individuals who were convicted of one or more misdemeanors or local ordinance marijuana crimes that would not be crimes based on the 2018 voter initiative that resulted in the legalization of recreational marijuana use now can apply to have their criminal record expunged.
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However, offenses such as DUIs or offenses that cause injury or death, and offenses committed while operating a commercial vehicle are grounds for ineligibility. The act, which went into effect Sunday, allows individuals who committed low-level misdemeanor marijuana offenses and traffic offenses to apply for expungement. More Michigan citizens will be eligible to have some of the misdemeanors or felonies on their criminal record expunged, courtesy of the Clean Slate Act.
Sarissa Montague Courtesy Levine & Levine Attorneys at Law
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