New Ohio law allows human trafficking survivors to expunge certain criminal records

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New Ohio law allows human trafficking survivors to expunge certain criminal records
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“He would watch me from the corner,” she said. “Any person’s car I got into he would follow me in his car. He was never without me.”

The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.

Jackson wants to work with teenagers, but that’s not possible because of her record. And it can be extremely difficult to find a place to live. “It means a lot to me as far as my next steps forward, what I can do with my life and where I can go for my career,” Jackson said. Before S.B. 214 passed, human trafficking survivors could only have their records expunged for convicted crimes of soliciting, loitering and prostitution.

“When we start to look at human trafficking and all of these crimes that get associated with that person being a victim, and if they have other charges on their record that might impede them from getting jobs or even getting grants to go to school, depending on what the charges are, or even employment, and so we don’t want to have those collateral consequences where they can’t find housing and employment,” she said.

Annette Mango Back in 2017, Annette Mango got her record expunged for crimes she committed as a human trafficking victim and it has turned her life around.

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