Bill would remove criminal records after N.C. pardon

RALEIGH, N.C. - The criminal records of a person who receives a pardon of innocence from the governor _ such as the wrongfully convicted Darryl Hunt _ would be eliminated from the court system in a bill that cleared a House judiciary panel Thursday.

Hunt spent 18 years in prison for the slaying of a Winston-Salem woman before DNA evidence exonerated him. Gov. Mike Easley gave him a pardon of innocence in April 2004, meaning he was officially cleared in the slaying.

But a pardon doesn't mean the records chronicling his case automatically are removed from the official court files, said Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford, the bill's primary sponsor.

Harrison filed the bill after Hunt spoke to a gathering of first-term House Democrats.

The bill, if passed, would mean those records would be deleted for Hunt and other individuals who have received such pardons.

The expunction also would allow Hunt or others pardoned due to wrongful conviction to state truthfully in court or on a job application that they haven't been charged or convicted of a crime.

The current law allows for the expungement of records in some cases, including misdemeanors and some felonies for juvenile offenders, and convictions on first-time drug offenses. A one-time expungement is also allowed when a person is charged, but the charges are later dismissed or the person is found not guilty.

The judiciary panel recommended the measure to the full House on a voice vote.

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