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NY To Seal More Records

March 01, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein

Paying your debt to society may be getting a little easier in New York State, or at least less burdensome, depending on your point of view.

The New York State Bar Association is supporting a proposal to change the law that would allow judges to seal the criminal records of some people convicted of misdemeanors and low-level felonies, in an effort to help them recover from missteps.

The proposal was approved by the association's House of Delegates, and would allow some nonviolent felony convictions to be removed from a person's public record.