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South Carolina is trying to render jobs more accessible for certain criminal offenders. Per a report from WISTV, a local TV news station in Columbia, South Carolina, state lawmakers recently passed a law that will modify the state\u2019s existing expungement legislation.<\/p>\n

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South Carolina is already one of the leading states in the country\u00a0regarding expungement accessibility. The law permits a person to expunge a criminal infraction from their record if they meet certain criteria. These criteria require the\u00a0
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\n <\/g>\u00a0to be a \u201clow-level crime\u201d and a first\u00a0
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\n <\/g>. The legislation defines \u201clow-level crime\u201d as any crime that carries a sentence of 30 days or less in jail. Offenders are eligible to expunge these qualifying\u00a0
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\n <\/g>\u00a0from their records \u201cfollowing a period of good\u00a0
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\n <\/g>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new law makes a subtle but significant change to the legislation. As written, the law only allows expungement for a first\u00a0
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\n <\/g>. The new law removes the \u201cfirst\u00a0
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\n <\/g>\u201d language, making any low-level crime eligible for expungement. Offenders may even be able to expunge multiple convictions at once. \u201cLow-level crime\u201d will still be defined the same way it was in the original law.<\/p>\n

The modified expungement law appeared dead on arrival earlier this year. Both houses of the South Carolina General Assembly approved the bill only to have it vetoed in May by Governor Henry McMaster. McMaster said he was hesitant to approve a bill that would make it possible for courts to delete large numbers of criminal records. The houses of the General Assembly overrode the governor\u2019s rejection, officially passing the new law at the end of June.<\/p>\n

The goal of the new law is to make finding a job easier for ex-offenders. Legislators feel there is a stigma attached to even minor criminal convictions. When most employers see these convictions, they immediately become less open to hiring a candidate. By making expungement more accessible, the new South Carolina law could make second (or third, or fourth) chances easier to obtain for those with criminal records.<\/p>\n

The accessibility of expungement tends to vary from one state to the next. No matter the location, ease of expungement depends on the offender\u2019s situation. The severity of the\u00a0
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\n <\/g>\u00a0and the amount of time that has elapsed since the crime was committed are factors courts commonly consider when weighing the possibility of expungement. Certain crimes, including any felony, cannot be expunged. At Blinkx, we help job seekers check their expungement eligibility\u00a0through our MyClearStart tool.<\/p>\n

Typically, repeat\u00a0
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\n <\/g>\u00a0have been among the factors\u00a0that would result in an expungement petition being denied. By removing \u201cfirst\u00a0
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\n <\/g>\u201d from the language of its expungement law, South Carolina is rewriting how expungement can work, a shift which could impact thousands of job applicants throughout the state.<\/p>\n

Sources:\u00a0http:\/\/www.wistv.com\/story\/38680704\/new-sc-expungement-law-set-to-give-offenders-a-better-chance-to-enter-workforce<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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