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• Lowe Denied Chance to Expunge His Record

By LAURA SIEDLECKI Staff Writer

• Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
• August 15, 2011

• Clinton, Teen Settle in 'Shock' Case

Just hours after a Clinton teen accused of rigging a camera to give shocks went to federal court in an attempt to clear his name, his lawyer and the Clinton school district reached a settlement that will expunge the record of his suspension from school documents, his lawyer said late Friday. Norman A. Pattis, the attorney for Christian Haughwout, 14, said he and his clients are "thrilled" by the outcome of the case, as the teen will gain a clean record at the end of the school year. Prior to the settlement, Pattis, Christian and the teen's parents were before U.S. District Court Judge Mark Kravitz, trying to prove Clinton school officials overreacted in suspending the ninth-grader from school for 10 days for allegedly possessing and using in class a disposable camera rigged to administe...

• New Haven Register
• February 10, 2011

• Regola Seeks to Expunge Record in Gun Case

An attempt to erase all traces of the criminal case against Sen. Robert Regola hit a snag Thursday when court documents were filed seeking to halt that move. The family of 14-year-old Louis Farrell, who died from a gunshot wound to the head from the senator's handgun, wants to intervene in the case.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• August 08, 2008

• State v. Stephens, (Ohio 2011)

Because Defendant was not a first offender, the trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant Defendant’s R.C. 2953.32 application to expunge the record of his conviction. Reversed and vacated.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• U.S. Coa Rules State Can Intervene, Object When Broker Seeks to Expunge Claim From Record

Saying stockbrokers should be barred from hiding their mistakes, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler lauded a federal appeals court for allowing state regulators to intervene in malpractice settlements in an attempt to make sure the action stays on the broker's national record. But the outcome was decried by an attorney for the former broker who lost the appeal. The decision could harm brokerage clients by discouraging brokers from settling malpractice claims, said Richard Magid, a partner in the Baltimore office of Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• July 22, 2008

• Forgive Us Our Trespasses: The Need for Federal Expungement Legislation

Knowledge of a person's criminal past, while it can certainly provide fair and needed insight into that person's character, may also be counterproductive in that it can create an obstacle impeding a changed man's efforts at reformation and rehabilitation.4 The mere existence of a criminal history can produce assumptions of past dishonesty and future untrustworthiness in the minds of all those aware of that history.5 Those assumptions often create substantial obstacles to acquiring, among other things, employment and housing.6 In addition, some ex-offenders are disqualified-at least temporarily-from obtaining federal loans or grants for post- secondary education.7 Even government programs designed to assist the poor, like food stamps, are unavailable to some ex- offenders,8 making rehabi...

... equitable powers to expunge the criminal record of a worthy candidate.20 Part V outlines the aggre...

• University of Memphis Law Review, The
• Vol. 39 Nbr. 1, October 2008

• STATE OF GEORGIA et al. v. C. S. B., 250 Ga. 261, 297 S.E.2.d 260 (1982)

Petition to expunge record. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Langford., Petition to expunge record. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Langford., Judgment reversed. All the Justices concur.

• Supreme Court of Georgia

• High Court Grants 'Writ of Actual Innocence' ; Order in '84 Rape Case First Based On Biological Evidence

The Virginia Supreme Court granted a highly unusual "writ of actual innocence" Friday after DNA evidence exonerated a man convicted of a 1984 rape in Richmond. This marks the first time the court has granted a "writ of actual innocence" based on biological evidence. The Supreme Court also ordered that the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond immediately expunge the record of Thomas Edward Haynesworth, the man wrongfully convicted.

• The Washington Times
• September 20, 2009

• Prosecutor Seeks Improved Relations with Community

[Kym Worthy]'s convictions were clear when she said "there is a huge difference between people who make a mistake and criminals." She used her prosecutorial discretion in creating this program to address Wayne County's unique needs. A similar program existed under John O'Hair and was abandoned under [Mike Duggan]. Worthy's approach addresses the criminal side of a dispute and as long as the defendant pays restitution to the victim as ordered by the court and completes the agreed upon probationary period successfully, usually one year, she/he has a chance to put that mistake to rest. This chance to expunge his/her record allows the defendant greater opportunities in securing a job and being able to participate in community life without the stigma and the label of having a criminal record...

• Arab American News, The
• July 29, 2009

• Proposal Seeks Erasure of Records; Offenders Could Ask to Expunge Public Files of One Misdemeanor

A bill that would allow thousands of offenders to hide all official record of one misdemeanor conviction apiece has passed an Assembly committee 8-1, but has an uncertain future before the full Assembly. The bill, introduced by Rep. Curt Gielow (R-Mequon), would greatly expand current state law, which allows a judge to "expunge" a misdemeanor record only for someone younger than age 21, who requests it at sentencing. The record is not actually removed from public court records until the offender completes his or her sentence.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• November 17, 2005