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The Heavy Price for Restoring One’s Name: Court Debt Bars Record Clearing

*Highlights, Criminal Records, Employment, National Record Clearing ProjectBy rachelNovember 21, 2019

Contact with the criminal legal system comes with a price tag that a growing number of Americans cannot afford to pay. With one in three Americans living with a criminal record, it is no surprise that an estimated ten million Americans owe a total of 50 billion dollars in court imposed fines and costs.

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