While the Clean Slate Act establishes an automatic process for sealing certain records, it excludes serious criminal offenses ineligible for sealing or expungement under current state law.
“For many impacted by the criminal justice system, the stigma of a conviction doesn’t end once their sentence is complete. A criminal record creates barriers to housing, jobs, and other opportunities. ” – the same is also true for those falsely accused and/or found not guilty. Their names and mug shots are released to the public by police depts to the media and on social media and not deleted once found not guilty. Employment, rent, and other things can be affected for the innocent as well.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“For many impacted by the criminal justice system, the stigma of a conviction doesn’t end once their sentence is complete. A criminal record creates barriers to housing, jobs, and other opportunities. ” – the same is also true for those falsely accused and/or found not guilty. Their names and mug shots are released to the public by police depts to the media and on social media and not deleted once found not guilty. Employment, rent, and other things can be affected for the innocent as well.