The Illinois House approved a law calling for the installation of license plate reading cameras. Big Brother just wants to solve crime.

House bill would eliminate expungement fee for Illinoisans wrongfully arrested, convicted

Expungement and sealing fees cause individuals with erroneous criminal records to have a hard time moving forward with their lives.

A bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will renew a pilot program in Cook County that waives fees for the expungement or sealing of criminal records for those who have been wrongfully accused of a crime.

Illinois state senators voted 53-0 to extend a pilot program that would waive the fee to expunge or seal records for those wrongfully arrested or charged with a crime in Cook County.

Reforms in Cook County and in Illinois make pretrial release possible for nondangerous defendants with little money for bail.