Recently, a former client who received clemency in Illinois asked me if he could answer “no” to a criminal history question on the job application (“Have you ever been convicted of a felony?”) for a part-time job in Wisconsin. After asking Ben (not his real name) a few preliminary questions, I told him I needed to do some research. Part of the difficulty in answering Ben’s question is that the benefits associated with clemency in Wisconsin are not the same as they are in Illinois.
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