LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Law firms and advocacy groups are joining forces to help Michigan residents get their criminal records expunged under new state laws that took effect last month. The Great Lakes ...

Lester Earley thinks he could leave something valuable behind for his 12 grandkids if he could get his criminal record cleared. The 65-year-old wants to start a private security agency to eventually ...

Over a year ago, Detroiter K'Juane Isaac set out to get two criminal convictions from 2013 and 2014 wiped off his record using a new law designed to give people a clean slate — and better prospects ...

Now that Michigan has legally approved the process of expunging past cannabis convictions, it’s time to put plans into action and get some of these past convictions overturned. In order to do so, the ...

Automatic expungement of certain criminal convictions begins Tuesday in Michigan. The ability to clear some convictions from public view without an application comes two years after new legislation ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — April brings big changes to Michigan’s criminal justice system, as new expungement laws take effect. Last fall, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Project Clean Slate into effect.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Julia Elkins wants to go on school field trips with her daughter like other parents, but felonies from almost a decade ago related to her drug addiction will keep her ineligible ...

LANSING, MI - With weeks remaining in the current legislative session, last-minute criminal justice reforms are on the table for Michigan lawmakers. In the coming days, the Michigan House is set to ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan would automatically expunge the criminal records of hundreds of thousands of residents under sweeping "clean slate" bills that received final legislative approval on ...