CT explores how to notify beneficiaries of 'clean slate' law

CT has Erased 150,000 Criminal Records. Many Residents May Not Know.

Connecticut has automatically erased more than 150,000 criminal records under the state’s Clean Slate law, but many of the people whose convictions were wiped away may not know it.

CT explores how to notify beneficiaries of 'clean slate' law

State officials in Connecticut are exploring how to notify people that old convictions have been erased from their criminal records under the Clean Slate law. About 150,000 people have benefitted from the legislation so far, but the state doesn’t have a way to notify people when their convictions are wiped. Ronnell Higgins, commissioner of the state’s Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, said at a press conference Wednesday hi…