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Rockford residents get second chance to clear their criminal records

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford-area residents with a criminal record received a chance to have their record cleared on Friday.

The 5th annual Second Chance Summit was held at the Nordloff Center, at 118 N Main Street.

The one-day outreach event provides an opportunity for people to remove old criminal offenses from their records.

Those who qualified to have offenses expunged or sealed met one-on-one with an attorney who helped them prepare a petition for judicial relief.

The service was free.

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“In clearing their records, that allows them a path to employment. And an employed community is always going to be a much safer community, a better educated community,” said Wendy Crouch, with Prairie State Legal Services. “So, in clearing these records and allowing them to get back to employment, is beneficial for everybody in Rockford.”

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Prairie Street Legal Services and Sen. Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) sponsored Friday’s event.

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