Criminal
May 25, 2010
Petitions For Expungement Soar in Down Economy
With the state unemployment rate hovering at around 10 percent, a growing number of Californians who are asking judges to dismiss past convictions. Los Angeles courts have seen a 53 percent jump in expungement petitions filed.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Dolly Robles has spent much of the last two years struggling to find work.
Her past, including convictions for misdemeanor assault in 2003 and felony burglary in 2004, has made her unemployable.
Desperate, Robles - a mother of three who grew up in Los Angeles' foster care system - went to court last year and asked a judge to expunge her criminal reco...
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