Washtenaw County Board Of Commissioners Expresses Support For Permanent Unit For Wrongful Conviction And Expungement

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners met Wednesday night to support a request for the permanent addition of an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney to the Conviction Integrity & Expungement Unit in the county. The item was unanimously approved and will be considered at next month’s Board of Commissioners meeting on Nov. 3 for final approval.

The CIEU, which was first established in April 2021, works to locate falsely convicted people in an effort to free them from jail and expunge their records. Eli Savit, Washtenaw County prosecuting attorney, wrote a memo to the Board of Commissioners in July 2021 asking for the unit to become a permanent fixture of the office.

Earlier this year, the Michigan state legislature expanded expungements to allow more types of crimes, including marijuana-related misdemeanors and many non-violent felonies, to be expunged from a record.

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