Expungement law reforms sought in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is the only state in the nation where past and closed cases are not eligible for expungement.
Assembly committee passes bill to expand expungement
A bill to extend expungement eligibility to more people is moving forward in the Wisconsin Assembly.
Wisconsin lawmakers resurrect expungement bill
A bipartisan group of legislators is resurrecting a bill that would allow more convicts to have their criminal records expunged.
Wisconsin lawmakers seeking to expunge marijuana convictions
When the Madison barber and business owner Brian Britt, 42, stepped up to a folding table in the entryway of the Urban League of Greater Madison, he had a single goal in his mind: Wipe from his record the decades-old criminal convictions he says are holding him back.
Lawmakers advance expungement bill
A committee of state lawmakers recently moved forward a piece of legislation aimed at expanding the state’s expungement laws.
Expungement bill advances
A committee recently gave its blessing to proposed legislation that would expand Wisconsin’s expungement law.
Assembly committee to vote on expungement proposal
A bill that would make changes to Wisconsin’s expungement law will go before a panel of Wisconsin lawmakers this week for a vote.
Wisconsin lawmakers resurrect expungement bill
A group of lawmakers is trying again to pass legislation that would allow convicts to ask judges to expunge their criminal records.
Expungement bills clear Assembly panels
State Assembly lawmakers have given preliminary approval to two bills that would overhaul the state’s process that allows young offenders to wipe their criminal histories clean.
Support pours out for second expungement proposal
More than a dozen people, including lawyers, a nun, an electrician and a high school counselor lined up Thursday in support of a bill that would expand the state’s rules that allow certain people to seek the elimination of their criminal history.
Last-minute amendment delays vote on expungement bill
Citing controversy over recent amendments, a state panel has delayed its vote on whether to recommend a bill that would change the state’s procedures for expungement.
Prosecutors, judge weigh in on proposed change to expungement rules
In the decades that Rock County District Attorney David O’Leary has been a prosecutor, he's learned it's not just juveniles who can suffer for years for acts that were ill-thought-out and possibly out of character.
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