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Juvenile Records

Their Juvenile Records Were Sealed. Decades Later, They’ve Reappeared.

The Washington State Patrol has added thousands of old sealed juvenile records to a database it shares with law enforcement agencies across the country—erasing for many their chance of a clean slate.

Tori Marlan Sep 24, 2019