New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and KY Senator Rand Paul are teaming up on a bill to help low-level offenders wipe their criminal records clean.
The Democrat and Republican odd couple are planning to introduce legislation Tuesday that would encourage states to increase the age of criminal responsibility to 18. The Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment or "REDEEM " Act would automatically expunge the records of juveniles who commit nonviolent crimes before they turn 15 and automatically seal the records of those who commit them after. It also would create a broad-based federal path for sealing criminal records for adults, with nonviolent offenders able to petition courts to make their case.
The pair previously teamed up on an amendment aimed at banning action against state medical marijuana laws.