Governor-approved clemency should trigger simultaneous criminal record expungement, two state senators said in a recent memorandum.
Pennsylvania Sens. Stewart J. Greenleaf, R-Montgomery County, and Sen. Daylin Leach, D-Montgomery/Delaware County’s memo states the action of a person who obtains a governor pardon and later goes to a Court of Common Pleas to apply for an expungement of their criminal record is “duplicative” and “consumes the resources” of the court system and creates more expenses for that person.
