Understanding Pennsylvania’s New “Clean Slate Law”
In a recent breakthrough for Pennsylvania’s criminal justice system reform, residents of the state who had previously been found guilty of nonviolent misdemeanor criminal offenses may have their records sealed from the eyes of the public — given that the individuals have paid all fines and have kept a clean record for at least ten years with PA’s Clean Slate law. What this new PA “Clean Slate Law” means is that individuals may file with the courts to have their prior criminal history hidden, offering Pennsylvanians who have run into nonviolent trouble with the law in the past a fresh [...]
