Thursday, January 24, 2008
UNIFORM PROCEDURE FOR EXPUNGING CRIMINAL RECORDS IN SC
Last year, the South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee passed a Bill that sets a uniform procedure for expunging criminal records in the State of South Carolina. However, the House has not passed the Bill.
Under the proposed legislation, when cases are either dropped, not adjudicated, or result in an acquittal, the Solicitors would be required to take the steps necessary to remove those charges from the Defendant's record. In certain other cases, a person convicted of minor crimes would be allowed to have his or her records expunged. We believe this Legislation should be adopted. Moreover, we also believe that there should be a uniform method for expunging Civil Contempt Arrest Records as well. Moreover, we think the South Carolina Legislature should at least consider some other Family Court reforms.
Labels: Expungment
