Veto of SC criminal record expungement bill stands

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How are people supposed to get jobs when nobody will hire them? Hell - everybody is a criminal, some just don't get caught.

Veto of SC criminal record expungement bill stands - SC Politics - TheState.com

Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2012

The S.C. House of Representatives did not have the votes Tuesday to overturn Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill that would have allowed many South Carolina criminals to hide their law-breaking records from prospective employers, schools, youth groups and even law enforcement investigators.

The House needed a two-thirds majority to override. The vote – 62 members voted to uphold the governor’s veto, and only 49, to override– was not nearly enough. The Senate will not vote, as supermajorities in both houses were needed to override the veto.

The bill, H. 3127, was passed earlier this month by large majorities in the House and the Senate.

“This bill is incredibly overbroad,” said Keel, who ticked off a list of offenses that criminals could ask to have kept secret, or expunged from their records, after meeting certain requirements.

Keel said his research showed the offenses included: second-degree assault and battery, DUI, breach of trust, third-degree burglary, shoplifting, certain kinds of embezzlement, simple arson, third-degree criminal sexual conduct and exploitation of a child or vulnerable adult.