A fresh start may be possible by having your criminal history expunged. Wisconsin law allows for the expungement of misdemeanors and certain felony convictions by a person.
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15
Nov
2021
“That is not how I wanted to introduce my son to law enforcement…and the interaction, I just can’t take back,” said Philadelphia council member Isaiah Thomas. The memory of him being pulled over with his young child in the car and his own experiences as a black man are the reasons he has drafted new legislation banning officers pulling over drivers for minor traffic violations.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/08/1052957246/why-philadelphia-has-banned-low-level-traffic-stops
28
Oct
2021
Your liberty can be threatened by scientifically unreliable “dog sniff” evidence. Is this evidence a jury should rely on to convict a person of murder?
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https://www.science.org/content/article/should-dog-s-sniff-be-enough-convict-person-murder
19
Oct
2021
Wisconsin imprisons 1 out of every 36 black adults in the state, continuing a long and troubling history of racial disparities in incarceration and making Wisconsin’s racial disparities in criminal justice the worst in the nation.
Source: https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-imprisons-1-36-black-adults-no-state-has-higher-rate