Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Last month, when New York legalized recreational marijuana, many advocates and lawmakers hailed it as one of the most progressive cannabis laws in the country. That's in part because it automatically ...

If you’ve ever tried to get convictions expunged from your criminal record and found out you don’t qualify, you might now be in luck. A law that went into effect Oct. 1 has expanded the number of ...

Detroit — Stephen Erter spent six months in a boot camp operated by the Michigan Department of Corrections and 18 months on probation after being convicted of felonious assault in 2013. After he left ...

The New Jersey Courts are trying to alert people who benefitted from automatic expungement when the state’s new decriminalization law took effect in July. File photo: Marijuana buds are seen in a ...

A Wisconsin Watch reader asks: The state expungement statute seems very strict. Does anyone actually get their record expunged? Is it easier to get a pardon or commutation from the governor? Why is it ...