Expungement fairs provide resources for Michigan residents navigating new clean slate laws
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Eloise Ledesma, right, received legal support at an expungement fair in Grand Rapids on Saturday, April 24, 2020. Kirsten Holz, the district court supervisor for the Kent County Office of the Defender, volunteered her time to assist people looking to navigate the expungement process. (Photo by Rose White | MLive)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – An expungement fair held in Grand Rapids Saturday brought Eloise Ledesma one step closer to getting a decades-old misdemeanor wiped from her record.
Ledesma, 47, was picking up her ex-husband and his brother at a bar in 1996 when a fight broke out. She said she wasn’t involved in the altercation, never leaving the car, but still received an assault conviction.
Massachusetts’ state government has long been one of the least transparent in the country.
Want to know how your representative voted in committee on a crucial climate change or police reform bill? Good luck with that. There’s no requirement the information be made public.
Curious about who testified before the committee before it took its top-secret vote? You’re going to have trouble with that one too.
And many of the documents that are readily accessible to the public in other states - e-mails, contracts, and memos at the heart of the people’s business - are off-limits here. Massachusetts has the dubious distinction of being the only state in the country where the governor’s office, the legislature, and the judiciary all claim they are exempt from public records law.
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WATCH: President Biden responds to the Derek Chauvin verdictNation Updated on Apr 20, 2021 6:05 PM EDT Published on Apr 20, 2021 5:23 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden said Tuesday the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism. But he declared that “it’s not enough.”
Watch President Biden’s remarks in the video player above.
Biden spoke from the White House hours after the verdict alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, with the pair saying the country’s work is far from finished with the verdict.
WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden said Tuesday the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism.
Biden spoke from the White House hours after the verdict alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, with the pair calling for Congress to act swiftly to address policing reform.
“It’s not enough,” Biden said of the verdict. “We can’t stop here.”
Biden spoke after telephoning Floyd’s family, telling them, “We’re all so relieved.”
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.