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Published April 24. 2021 11:25PM  By DAVE COLLINS HARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are looking to reduce racial inequalities in the states criminal justice system and curb gun violence through several bills that have been approved by legislative committees this year. The proposals include erasing many criminal convictions that disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic residents compared with whites; attempting to make jury pools more diverse; and expanding the states “red flag” l...

Justice bills aimed at reducing racial inequality in CT DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers are looking to reduce racial inequalities in the states criminal justice system and curb gun violence through several bills that have been approved by legislative committees this year. The proposals include erasing many criminal convictions that disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic residents compared with whites; attempting to make j...

ERASING CONVICTIONS Supporters of this year’s “Clean Slate” legislation say it could be one of the session’s most impactful bills, potentially helping thousands of people who face difficulties finding work and housing because of criminal convictions. The bill calls for automatically erasing misdemeanor convictions seven years after guilty findings and certain lower-level felony convictions 10 to 12 years after guilty findings, excluding family violence crimes and sexual assault offenses...