Created: February 01, 2021 09:30 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Hundreds of New Mexicans had their criminal records wiped clean last year thanks to the Criminal Expungement Act.
In the first full year under the law, the courts granted 212 expungements all across the state. In Bernalillo County, there have been 102 expungements granted to date. In our district we ve seen about 260 petitions filed, said Josh Allison, 2nd Judicial District Court Judge. We expected double, triple, even quadruple that number and we just haven t seen those figures, said Judge Allison. I think it s just people don t know about it. And I think that s probably the large part we did see a dip in cases when the public health emergency initially started, but now we re back ramping back up to where we were pre-pandemic statewide. So I don t think that s the cause I think it s likely people just don t know about it.