More low-level offenders will be able to have their criminal records erased from public records under a bill Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law Monday.
People will be able to ask the court that convicted them to erase up to one felony or two misdemeanors.
“We really think that this gives people with records a really meaningful second chance,” said Shelli Weisberg with the ACLU of Michigan.
“It’ll improve their prospects of getting a job, of getting housing, of getting education, and, I think, just simply becoming a contributing citizen – and that’s what people with records want.”
Some convictions do not apply under the new law. Those include crimes that could come with life sentences, domestic abuse, and drunk driving.