Expungement Attorney in Royal Oak, Michigan
What is expungement and SORA removal?
What is expungement and SORA removal?
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expungement is a method in Michigan that
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we use to remove cases from a public
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record so if you were charged with a
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crime and convicted of a crime several
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years ago then you are able to petition
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a court to set aside your conviction
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expunged your conviction and what that
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does is that gives the judge the
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discretion to decide whether you are a
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worthy person to have your crime removed
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from your record and if the judge
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believes that and understands that
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through my work through my motion
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through my paperwork that I’ve supplied
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to the court then they will expunge or
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remove the case from someone’s record
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there’s a lot of factors that come into
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play with that that I need to address on
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a case by case basis on a call by call
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basis so that I can consult with each
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individual person in Michigan you cannot
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have more than two misdemeanors and one
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felony in order to expunge the felony if
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you have two misdemeanors then you can
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expunge both misdemeanors as long as you
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don’t have more than two misdemeanors
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and or a felony or more so the focus on
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the law here in Michigan is to help
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people with a felonious behavior from
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1020 years ago where when they were
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young and now they’re looking for a job
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and the behavior from 20 years ago is
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not who they are now they’re married
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they have children they have a great
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life they’re doing everything they’re
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supposed to do and something from 20
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years ago should not impact everything
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they do moving forward now as it relates
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to a surah removal what Sora means is
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the sex offender registry Act which we
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have here in Michigan for various
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convictions of criminal sexual conduct
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from first degree the second degree
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third degree and fourth degree criminal
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sexual conduct are the major players in
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the registration
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however there are other acts as well
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that the list is quite lengthy so it
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needs to be something that should be
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discussed on a case-by-case basis sore
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removal again this is a person-by-person
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client by client evaluation so it’s all
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relative to the clients conviction
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relative to the time had has passed and
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potentially rail
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to the complainant or the victim at the
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time of the offence so the goal is to
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work through that make sure there’s some
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mitigating factors addressed get some
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character letters for a client set up a
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plan to then approach a judge and
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request that they were removed from the
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public sex offender registry so they’re
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not searchable online by name by
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neighborhood by address people who have
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overcome sex addiction who have overcome
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some serious issues in their past don’t
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deserve to be tarred with that feather
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for the rest of their life and some
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people are on it for 25 years or more
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Royal Oak, MI criminal defense lawyer Samuel J. Bennett explains how expungement and SORA removal work.
