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Drug law changes upset GOP lawmakers - Allows records to be sealed

Posted by Catharine Young on Friday, May 29th, 2009

By Robert J. McCarthy
NEWS POLITICAL REPORTER

A group of Republican state lawmakers Thursday said they are unhappy about a new law that permits courts to seal the criminal records of certain drug felons so there will be no record of their conviction when the offender applies for a job.

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