Mid-Michigan residents took advantage of a second chance as hundreds of people lined up to apply for a clean slate. Mid-Michigan residents took advantage of a second chance as hundreds of people lined up to apply for a clean slate. Starting April 11, new state expungement laws go into effect giving people the opportunity to have up to three felony convictions removed from their record. âExpungements, people want to clean up their records from criminal convictions,â said Flint councilman Eric Mays. Hundreds of people came out to Pierson Road in Flint to clean up their records. Mays said through personal experience, he knows just how beneficial an event like this is to the community.