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I certainly understand your concern. Maine does not expunge (erase) criminal records, so criminal records never get completely removed by a pardon. Instead, information concerning the pardoned conviction is considered non-conviction data and is not available for public inquiries. Information related to a conditional pardon (or commutation of sentence) may still be disseminated for public inquiries. The forms to file a Petition for Executive Clemency and a detailed explanation of the process are available on the Secretary of State's website. This is something which you can do yourself and do not need an attorney for, unless of course you want to retain one. There is no guarantee, so make sure if you may for an attorney, you know exactly what they will do for you.

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