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Supporters push for automatic 'clean slate' sealing to clear hundreds of thousands of old records
Summary
Advocates, civil-rights groups, businesses and reentry organizations told the Joint Committee automatic sealing ("Clean Slate") would remove workforce and housing barriers for hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents and boost the economy.
Advocates, reentry organizations and a cross-section of business and civic groups urged the Joint Committee on the Judiciary to advance bills that would automatically seal eligible criminal records when individuals meet statutory waiting periods.
Lede: Witnesses said the state’s current petition-based CORI (criminal offender record information) sealing process is confusing, slow and burdensome, and…
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