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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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LOUISVILLE, Ky. Following armed rioters violently storming the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, a group of Kentucky political science professors are calling for the removal of President Donald Trump from office.
An open letter from political scientists, which started circulating Wednesday and had roughly 150 pages of signatures by Thursday afternoon, called on Congress to impeach Trump again and remove him from office or for Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to remove Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment of the Constitution.