About 150,000 people have benefitted from the legislation so far, but CT doesn't have a way to notify people when convictions ...

RICHMOND, Va. (7News) — A major shift is coming to Virginia’s criminal justice system with the state’s new Clean Slate Law, aimed at giving thousands of residents a second chance by sealing certain ...

This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. CHICAGO — Over 1.7 million Illinois adults will be eligible to have their nonviolent criminal records automatically ...

Nearly 2 million Illinoisans with non-violent criminal histories could have their records sealed automatically under a new ...