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Michigan will soon automatically expunge some felonies

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will automatically expunge qualifying felonies after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Monday in Detroit that supporters say will affect hundreds of thousands of people’s ability to work and thrive. The “Clean Slate” legislation requires the state to create an automated system over the next two years for expungements of certain […]