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Colorado Legislature OKs Bill To Permit Sealing of Conviction Records

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· Story link Colorado’s legislature approved a bill that will allow convicted criminals to petition the courts to seal their…

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Colorado’s legislature approved a bill that will allow convicted criminals to petition the courts to seal their records ten years after their cases have ended, if there have been no interim convictions. The measure was opposed by open government advocates as an infringement on the public’s right to know. (5/28/07)

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