{"id":704,"date":"2023-03-27T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/?p=704"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:38:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:38:31","slug":"heres-what-to-know-about-cts-clean-slate-law-which-erases-some-criminal-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/all\/news\/heres-what-to-know-about-cts-clean-slate-law-which-erases-some-criminal-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s what to know about CT\u2019s \u2018clean slate\u2019 law, which erases some criminal records (Mar. 27, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Connecticut\u2019s \u2018clean slate\u2019 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The legislation will&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2021\/05\/27\/narrowed-clean-slate-bill-wins-final-passage\/\" target=\"_blank\">automatically erase criminal records<\/a>&nbsp;seven years after the date of a conviction for a misdemeanor or 10 years after the date of a conviction&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/2021\/TOB\/S\/PDF\/2021SB-01019-R00-SB.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">for certain class D, class E or unclassified felonies<\/a>&nbsp;if they have not been convicted of other crimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Advocates have highlighted how race lies at the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/states\/pdfs\/reports\/The%20Connecticut%20Second%20Chance%20Absolute%20Pardon%20Gap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">foundation<\/a>&nbsp;of who\u2019s punished in Connecticut. The state\u2019s Black men have a 48% conviction rate,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperprisons.org\/states\/CT.html\" target=\"_blank\">according to a report<\/a>&nbsp;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 \u2014 despite accounting for less than 13% of the state population.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2023\/03\/27\/ct-clean-slate-bill-law-criminal-records\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2023\/03\/27\/ct-clean-slate-bill-law-criminal-records\/\">Read original post. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Connecticut\u2019s \u2018clean slate\u2019 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. 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