Search Results: keywords:"mitigating factors"

  • H. R. 7137 — To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
    Status:Reported in House
    Words:3,951

    H.R. 7137, the "Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2024," aims to help human trafficking victims by allowing them to request the removal of certain convictions and arrests from federal records if those crimes were committed as a direct result of being trafficked. The bill outlines procedures...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 7137 wants to help people who got in trouble with the law because they were being forced to do bad things when others hurt them. It says they can ask the big bosses to erase those bad marks from their records, and it makes sure that the paperwork is secret and doesn't cost any money.

  • H. R. 1379 — To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:3,705

    H.R. 1379, titled the "Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2025," aims to help victims of human trafficking by allowing them to request the removal of certain criminal convictions and arrests from their records if those actions were directly related to their trafficking...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1379 is a bill that helps people who have been hurt by human trafficking erase bad marks from their records if those happened because they were made to do things they didn't want to do. This bill also wants to teach people in the government how to spot and help those who were hurt by human trafficking.