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Government,
Criminal

Sep. 6, 2017

Expungement expanded for some nonviolent criminals

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill expanding expungement opportunities for “triple nons” — criminals convicted of nonviolent, non-serious, nonsexual crimes.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law a bill expanding expungement opportunities for “triple nons” — criminals convicted of nonviolent, non-serious, nonsexual crimes. Expungement of criminal records will now be available to triple-non offenders who were convicted prior to 2011.

Before the governor’s Friday signing of AB 1115, authored by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles, expungement was only available to offenders sent...

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