CLEVELAND, Ohio – Shay celebrated five months of sobriety on Tuesday by graduating from Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court’s drug court program and having the drug-related charges that brought her there ...

For those who commit a crime as a juvenile, the record of the conviction all too often carries a life sentence. Expunging those records, especially in Oregon, has always been difficult if not ...

Individuals applying for an expungement attend a hearing with a magistrate from the Summit County Juvenile Court at the inaugural Clean Slate juvenile records expungement clinic, March 15, 2025. A ...

Listen to the radio version of "A Clean Slate: Juvenile Diversion Program Provides A Chance To Start Over," by Rhema Thompson. There’s something universally jarring about the sound of shackles. It’s ...

CHICAGO, IL — A juvenile arrest record can leave a permanent scar, impacting everything from where you can work to where you can live. WGN’s Gaynor Hall introduces us to high school students who are ...

WEST CHESTER – Hailing it as an “innovative approach to criminal justice,” Chester County officials have unveiled an effort to rid qualified juvenile offenders of their past records, even if the ...

People who complete the state’s Recovery Court program can fully erase their criminal and juvenile records — even for serious offenses that would normally block expungement, a New Jersey appeals court ...