HARTFORD, Conn. Advocates for criminal-justice reform are optimistic about the passage of a Clean Slate bill, which would clear criminal records of some people convicted of misdemeanors and less serious class D and E felonies. Senate Bill 1019 also states a person may have their record wiped if they ve completed their sentences, and have had no interaction with the criminal-justice system for seven to 10 years. .
The ACLU of Connecticut Smart Justice team listens to the House Clean Slate debate from outside the Capitol.
The House of Representatives voted 91-56 for final passage Thursday night of a “clean slate” bill, sending to a publicly noncommittal governor a measure that would automatically erase certain criminal convictions from a person’s record if they go seven or 10 years without committing another crime.
“This bill today is not about whether someone should face punishment or not,” said Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee. “What it’s about is whether someone should face the collateral consequences of punishment for a lifetime for a crime they committed at some discrete point in time.”
Narrowed CT clean slate bill wins final passage
Kelan Lyons, CTMirror.org
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State Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-BridgeportChristian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
The House of Representatives voted 91-56 for final passage Thursday night of a “clean slate” bill, sending to a publicly noncommittal governor a measure that would automatically erase certain criminal convictions from a person’s record if they go seven or 10 years without committing another crime.
“This bill today is not about whether someone should face punishment or not,” said Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, co-chair of the Judiciary Committee. “What it’s about is whether someone should face the collateral consequences of punishment for a lifetime for a crime they committed at some discrete point in time.”
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The General Assembly will now need to decide how to change policing in Delaware after a task force issued the majority of its recommendations last week.
Instead of adhering to the task force that spent nine months coming up with its proposals, the more progressive faction of the Democratic Party is expected to chart its own course with more aggressive and controversial proposals to change policing.
They will try to amend the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights and try to give residents more power in officer misconduct cases through civilian review boards two proposals that the task force rejected and that police have pushed back on.