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Criminal records that Pennsylvania is automatically sealing for charges that didn't result in convictions and low-level misdemeanors committed by people who haven't incurred any other charges within a decade. The state's Clean Slate law is unprecedented in America.

Criminal records that Pennsylvania is automatically sealing for charges that didn't result in convictions and low-level misdemeanors committed by people who haven't incurred any other charges within a decade. The state's Clean Slate law is unprecedented in America.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.