{"id":930,"date":"2024-03-28T21:33:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T21:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/?p=930"},"modified":"2024-07-30T06:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T06:54:53","slug":"missouri-lawmakers-discuss-clean-slate-bill-making-it-easier-for-wiping-clean-criminal-records-mar-28-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/all\/news\/missouri-lawmakers-discuss-clean-slate-bill-making-it-easier-for-wiping-clean-criminal-records-mar-28-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri lawmakers discuss \u201cClean Slate\u201d bill, making it easier for wiping clean criminal records (Mar. 28, 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3 Staff)<\/strong> – Missouri lawmakers are discussing a way to make it easier for those eligible to have their criminal records wiped clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The policy is called \u201cClean Slate.\u201d The organization behind the push says only about 1% of eligible convicts are able to successfully get their records expunged because the process is expensive and based on an application system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClean Slate\u201d would change it to an automated system, meaning those eligible will have a much shorter wait. If passed, it\u2019s expected to impact nearly 2 million Missourians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fran Marion says she spent six years in jail for passing a bad check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe spoke in favor of the bill at a hearing this week, saying that a single felony has affected her life ever since,\u201d said Marion. \u201cIt\u2019s like I\u2019m doing a life sentence. When I say second chance. I\u2019m still waiting for that second chance. And I\u2019m 44 years old, I\u2019m getting older. In my mind, will I ever get to see that second chance?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean Slate bills have already been enacted in Utah, Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, with several other states also debating the policy. The Missouri House Committee that heard the bill this week will have to meet again to vote on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3 Staff) – Missouri lawmakers are discussing a way to make it easier for those eligible to have their criminal records wiped clean. The policy is called \u201cClean Slate.\u201d The organization behind the push says only about 1% of eligible convicts are able to successfully get their records expunged because the process […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1192,"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/1192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paperprisons.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}