National Expungement Week

Editorial Outlines Reasons to Support Expungement Statute

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a series of criminal justice bills into law Wednesday, allowing more New Mexicans to expunge records of past arrests or convictions and banning employers from asking about criminal history on an initial job application. In signing the bills, the new Democratic governor contrasted herself with Republican predecessor Susana Martinez, a former…

Bill to allow petitions to judges to expunge criminal records clears Senate

CREA Exoungement Statue passes first Senate Committee

Ideas for criminal justice reform in New Mexico are stewing this summer ahead of next year’s legislative session

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