Sheriffs question if expungement means more gun possession

April 12, 2023
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The Michigan State Police and the state's judicial system on Tuesday started expunging the criminal records of those with old felonies and misdemeanors, but the state's sheriffs are concerned this will mean old perpetrators could, again, legally possess guns. The Clean Slate law of 2020 gave law enforcement two and a half years to create a system that automatically wipes clean the criminal records of low-level felonies and non-violent misdemeanors as long as the old perpetrators have kept out of trouble. In doing so, the Michigan Sheriffs' Association (MSA) is concerned that those not allowed to possess a firearm as


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