Permanent Punishment, Part 4: Sealing Records, Expungement
Clip: 10/6/2022 | 8m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Part 4 of Permanent Punishment, a series exploring the criminal legal system.
Though there are about 1,300 permanent punishments on the books in Illinois — and countless more that aren’t — there are only a handful of ways to get around them. They often involve a complicated mix of paperwork and expenses.
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Permanent Punishment, Part 4: Sealing Records, Expungement
Clip: 10/6/2022 | 8m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Though there are about 1,300 permanent punishments on the books in Illinois — and countless more that aren’t — there are only a handful of ways to get around them. They often involve a complicated mix of paperwork and expenses.
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