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Expungement

Aug 21, 2023

Expungement law reforms sought in Wisconsin

Wisconsin is the only state in the nation where past and closed cases are not eligible for expungement.

May 27, 2021

Assembly committee passes bill to expand expungement

A bill to extend expungement eligibility to more people is moving forward in the Wisconsin Assembly.

Jan 20, 2021

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.

Oct 28, 2019

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.

Apr 2, 2019

Lawmakers advance expungement bill

A committee of state lawmakers recently moved forward a piece of legislation aimed at expanding the state’s expungement laws.

Mar 29, 2019

Expungement bill advances

A committee recently gave its blessing to proposed legislation that would expand Wisconsin’s expungement law.

Mar 27, 2019

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.

Jan 29, 2019

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.

Jun 8, 2017

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.

Jun 2, 2017

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.

May 9, 2017

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.

Apr 27, 2017

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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