“The whole point of the law is to give second chances. You're not really getting a second chance if you're not really expunging something. It still shows up.”
INDIANAPOLIS — Damon Lane has worked for Indianapolis mayors Greg Ballard and Joe Hogsett. His community service has earned him too many awards to count, he said.
Indiana law lets people get those old criminal records expunged after they've stayed out of trouble for five or eight years, depending on the offense. Yet for those who have been convicted of serious crimes, an expungement in Indiana won't hide those crimes from public eyes. Some crimes are never forgiven. Sex offenses, homicides and other violent crimes do not qualify for expungement; neither do public officials convicted of official misconduct.
Ex-convicts often don't qualify for scholarships, financial, military service and professional licenses. Felons can't vote or hold political office. Some can't get a driver's license. Colleges are less likely to accept them. Drugs led to guns and violence. By age 17, Lane served separate sentences for shooting and wounding two people. At 19, a judge sentenced Lane to 10 years in prison on drug charges.
A judge expunged Lane's criminal record in 2014. Lane hasn’t committed a crime in more than 20 years but said he still feels like he's a felon. No matter his awards, his accomplishments, he said those felonies haunt him because they still can be viewed in background checks.
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