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Expungement is a legal process in which criminal convictions are erased in the eyes of the law.   To expunge a charge means to remove it from your criminal record. Expungement is important to individuals, because prior convictions will follow you around like a sore thumb. For example, many employers often ask applicants to disclose their … Read more

By David L. Hudson, Jr. “The criminal is to go free because the constable has blundered.” United States Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo famously wrote this statement in 1926 about the exclusionary rule, a principle he didn’t support.  The exclusionary rule, however, is a most important legal principle that protects the rights of criminal defendants … Read more