Judge Turner, Jr. Presented Expungement Seminar Oct. 28th
Thu, 11/10/2022 - 5:00am
Fifth District on the Move Organization sponsored Expungement Seminar by Judge Alvin Turner, Jr. on Friday, October 28, 2022 at Westbank Reception Center. In law, “expungement” is the process by which a record of criminal conviction is destroyed or sealed from state or federal record. An expungement order directs the court to treat the criminal conviction as if it had never occurred, essentially removing it from a defendant’s criminal record as well as, ideally, the public record. It is important to clarify that expungement is not “forgiveness” for committing a crime—that is a legal pardon. Likewise, pardons are not expungements and do not require removal of a conviction from a criminal record.
