Expungement Attorney in Royal Oak, Michigan
What is expungement and SORA removal?
What is expungement and SORA removal?
Royal Oak, MI criminal defense lawyer Samuel J. Bennett explains how expungement and SORA removal work.
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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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