expungement

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law that will automatically seal a person's non-violent criminal record three years after completing a sentence. When a felony conviction is sealed it will not show up on a background check that, removing restrictions on getting certain loans, jobs and buying or renting a home.

State Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth is sponsoring legislation to remove a common roadblock for those with a criminal record. Nearly 400 people in…

A Northern Illinois prosecutor is launching a program to let some people who accept responsibility for their crimes to erase their convictions from their…

Gov. Bruce Rauner has granted eight pardons and denied 118 other petitions for clemency. Rauner granted pardons and expungements for three people…