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Council debates whether Connecticut's —clean slate— should exclude additional domestic-violence offenses
Summary
Members of the council discussed gaps in Connecticut General Statutes 46b-38h after a recent case suggested some family-violence charges that should be preserved on records are eligible for clean-slate erasure; the group agreed to gather data and consult lawmakers before recommending statutory changes.
Megan Scanlon, cochair of the council and director at CCADV, opened a discussion about whether Connecticut's clean-slate law is capturing all family-violence offenses that policymakers intended to keep on a defendant's record.
Why it matters: Council members said a recent case in which a defendant facing a strangulation-related charge could not be considered under existing family-violence flags highlighted potential gaps. If certain offenses are erased under the clean-slate process, members warned, courts and victim-advocacy systems may not have full information when making bond, release or other safety determinations.
Judge Kevin Doyle outlined the existing mechanism for identifying family-violence convictions. "The UAR has…
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