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SLS Pardon Assistance Program is Launched in Connecticut

Posted By Administrator on December 22, 2009

CT Board of Pardons Cudos to Connecticut’s Statewide Legal Services and its new partner, the Connecticut Bar Association’s Committee on Paralegals. The two legal groups have joined forces to start the new SLS Pardon Assistance Program.

The premise of the program is that people often make one mistake that leaves them with a criminal record and then go on to live exemplary lives. The program hopes to assist qualified applicants in obtaining a pardon and clearing their records.

Read: An Offer To Help Erase Mistakes Of The Past

[Source: Connecticut Law Tribune]

Categories: Criminal Law
Tags: Connecticut Bar Association, Connecticut Statewide Legal Services, Pardon Assistance

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