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Helping Wisconsin Felons Who Seek Pardons

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

October 4, 2021 • Southeast Region

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Megan Morrisey, coordinator of the Expungement/Pardon Clinic, a program of Marquette University Law School and Milwaukee Bar Association, discusses growing interest in its legal services as eligibility for pardons and expungements of criminal records expands in Wisconsin and the process is expedited for applicants to bypass the Pardon Advisory Board and appeal directly to the governor.

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