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Pardons as Racial Justice Work

PLSE’s pro bono pardon work was featured in the Philadelphia Bar Association’s monthly newspaper, the Philadelphia Bar Reporter.

PA Bar Association Calls For Pardon Reform

May 8, 2020 Now the leadership of the legal profession across the state of PA has agreed that the Board of Pardons should stop asking about juvenile records!  

Economy League issues report finding pardons have major impact on neighborhood economies

The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia’s April 2020 report finds pardons are “powerful, no-cost workforce development tools that can help uplift individuals and communities across the Commonwealth” and proposes three areas of reform. The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia issued a report today on the impact that pardons have on the economies of low-income/high-arrest neighborhoods. …

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