People who pleaded guilty to low-level crimes in Colorado without understanding the conviction could impact their immigration cases will be given the opportunity to erase those guilty pleas and restart their criminal cases if a bill passed by state lawmakers last week is signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis.
The U.S. Supreme Court found that such guilty pleas are unconstitutional, said Rep. Kerry Tipper, a Democrat representing Lakewood, who co-sponsored the bill,, with Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Democrat representing Denver.
What the heck? Can I have my minor offenses erased? This world has gone mad.