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Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is wading into a precedent-setting legal battle to determine if the fees associated with expunging a criminal record can be waived for people who can’t afford them.
Frederick Jones, a 56-year old Louisville man, sought a waiver in 2018 for a then-$500 fee to clear a decades old felony theft charge from his record. A Jefferson Circuit court ruled he had to pay. And when the Kentucky Supreme Court takes up the case, Cameron will be advocating for that ruling to be upheld.
In doing so, the court would set a standard that anyone wanting a felony expungement must pay fees, currently set at $300. Criminal justice reform advocates and voting rights activists say that will impede access to expungement, a process needed for many people with criminal convictions who want to reclaim their right to vote, bear arms, participate in their kids’ school activities and get jobs.
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Following a tumultuous two weeks that saw his DJ charged with murder, Louisville rapper Jack Harlow will not perform at the Preakness Live music event Saturday, according to organizers.
Harlow had been set to headline Preakness Live, which is expecting several thousand fans for a socially-distant entertainment event, at the Pimlico Race Course in Maryland along with rapper 2 Chainz and D-Nice, a DJ.
But a public relations representative for 1/ST Entertainment, which puts on the Preakness Live event and is an offshoot of Preakness owner Stronach Group, told The Courier Journal on Friday that Harlow is no longer in the lineup.
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