Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty wants to "remove unnecessary obstacles" that prevent youths from contributing to society.

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Touting it as a first-in-the-nation initiative, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s office launched a prosecutor-led application process for people looking to have their juvenile criminal records expunged. Moriarty said her office was primarily examining juvenile misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and some “low-level felonies like drug or property cases.” “Cases, in other words, where young ...