Immigrants could erase Colorado guilty pleas and restart court process under new bill passed by lawmakers

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People who pleaded guilty to low-level crimes in Colorado without understanding it could impact their immigration cases will be given the opportunity to erase those guilty pleas and restart their criminal cases if Gov. Polis signs the bill into law.

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.

 

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What the heck? Can I have my minor offenses erased? This world has gone mad.

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