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Here’s what to know about CT’s ‘clean slate’ law, which erases some criminal records (Mar. 27, 2023)

“Connecticut’s ‘clean slate’ law, which is designed to erase certain criminal records after a period of time, took effect earlier this year but has yet to be fully implemented.

Here’s what to know about the law.”

“The legislation will automatically erase criminal records seven years after the date of a conviction for a misdemeanor or 10 years after the date of a conviction for certain class D, class E or unclassified felonies if they have not been convicted of other crimes.”

“Advocates have highlighted how race lies at the foundation of who’s punished in Connecticut. The state’s Black men have a 48% conviction rate, according to a report from the Paper Prisons Initiative, and both Black women and men are more than three times more likely than their white counterparts to have a felony conviction — despite accounting for less than 13% of the state population.”

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