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2. Expungement in the United States - Wikipedia

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   If certain requirements are met, Missouri law allows a person to have an arrest record expunged, which the law of Missouri defines as the process of legally destroying, obliterating or striking out records or information in files, computers and other depositories relating to criminal charges. [26] Records expunged under this provision still may ...

3. Illinois Freedom of Information Act - Wikipedia

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   Illinois law has recognized the public's right to access and inspect public records and information about the workings of their government. [3] The courts have also recognized a common law duty to disclose public records, balanced against an individual's right to privacy and the interests of the government. [4]

4. Why lawmakers want to remove an even broader spectrum of ...

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   Each new opportunity for the expungement of records has marked a victory for the criminal-defense lobby, advocates for minorities and, in past years, the gun lobby, who try year after year to ...

5. Criminal records in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Criminal records in the United States contain records of arrests, criminal charges and the disposition of those charges. [1] Criminal records are compiled and updated on local, state, and federal levels by government agencies, [2] most often law enforcement agencies. Their primary purpose is to present a comprehensive criminal history for a ...

6. Bill to expunge a person's record if they were wrongly ... - AOL

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   Senate Bill 83 would allow certain wrongful arrests to be expunged from a person's criminal record within a year of their charges being dismissed.

7. Public records - Wikipedia

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   Individual criminal histories are generally considered to be public records in the United States and are often accessed via criminal history background checks, but "access and use of FBI-maintained criminal history record information has been traditionally limited and controlled in large measure to protect the privacy of the individuals to whom ...