Connecticut has erased tens of thousands of low-level criminal convictions over the last few days under it’s Clean Slate law.

It's been a long time coming — the erasures were supposed to happen more than two years ago.

Connecticut passed its Clean Slate law in 2021. It was expected to automatically erase misdemeanors after seven years and certain low-class felonies after 10 years.

When he signed the bill, Gov. Ned Lamont said it would change the lives of people who had committed low-level offenses and were missing out on job, housing, and education opportunities years later because of it.

Phil Kent, who is on the legal reform team at Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut, said his community was thrilled.

“When we got the law passed in 2021, you know, everybody was ecstatic

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