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Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc., in partnership with the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association and Thomas M. Cooley Law School, conducted a free clinic on expungement of criminal records for residents of Wayne, Macomb and Oakland counties on Jan. 25 at Fellowship Chapel in Detroit. Lynda Krupp, managing attorney of the Private Attorney Involvement Unit of LAD's Civil Law Group, conducted the clinic.
“Expungement, or setting aside a conviction, allows a person to move forward with [his or her] life without the baggage of a prior conviction or having to disclose a criminal record,” the handbook says.
Not all convictions can be expunged, however, including those for crimes that carry possible life sentences and traffic convictions such as drunk driving, or where there is lifetime probation.
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