Your Missouri Drug Conviction Could Go Away Thanks to New Law Signed by Jay Nixon
A bill signed into law this week by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will fundamentally change how the state handles convicted criminals seeking to expunge their records and move on with their lives. And that's great news for those carrying burdensome convictions for non-violent drug offenses.
As we reported in May, the measure drastically reduces the waiting period to wipe criminal records for both misdemeanors and felonies. Once the new law goes into effect on January 1, 2018, those convicted of crimes eligible for expungement must wait only seven years to erase a felony conviction and three years for a misdemeanor. (Under current law, you have to wait twenty years to expunge a felony and ten years for a misdemeanor.)
But the new law also changes which crimes are eligible for expungement. The current state statute offers a very limited list that could be wiped clean from a person's record, mostly...
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