{"id":307,"date":"2017-09-30T17:33:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T22:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sallygoodmanlaw.com\/?p=307"},"modified":"2017-12-13T13:50:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T19:50:43","slug":"expungement-escape-minor-crime-stigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sallygoodmanlaw.com\/expungement-escape-minor-crime-stigma\/","title":{"rendered":"Expungement & Expunction: Clearing Your Criminal History"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you are arrested or tried for a crime in Texas, you know how the arrest can change your life, even if you are ultimately acquitted of the charges. Many jobs and rental applications require you to disclose any arrests or criminal activity in your background and a less than stellar record can seriously hinder housing and employment opportunities available to the public at large. Thanks to the process of expungement, or expunction, there is a solution to this issue.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, under Texas law people who are cleared of charges, as well as some charged with certain minor crimes, are eligible to have their criminal record expunged (or at least partially protected from public disclosure). This means that the criminal records associated with your arrest or prosecution are destroyed, allowing you to deny that you were ever arrested or prosecuted on future background checks and escape minor crime stigma in your everyday life.<\/p>\n