For Michiganders with a criminal record, it can sometimes be difficult to get a job, find housing or get financial aid. The state, however, offers a way to wipe the slate clean. Oak Grove African ...

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. — April brings big changes to Michigan’s criminal justice system, as new expungement laws take effect. Last fall, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Project Clean Slate into effect.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) — 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 ...