The New Jersey Senate is considering new legislation that would reform New Jersey's criminal expungement law. Expungement is a court procedure in which records of criminal convictions are extracted and isolated from the public in New Jersey. The new expungement law would broaden the eligibility requirements and also shorten expungement waiting periods.The new expungement legislation consists of a series of bills that were sponsored by Senator Sandra Cunningham and Senate President Stephen Sweeney. The bills are intended to reform New Jersey's...Continue Reading...
