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DAILY CALLER CALLS FOR SECOND CHANCES

Conservative news website The Daily Caller two weeks ago called on Congress to pass legislation creating an “earned pathway to federal expungement.”

Former prosecutor Rachel Wright, National Policy Director for Right On Crime, argued, “President Donald Trump appointed Alice Marie Johnson as his pardon czar, he sent a clear message to the nation: Accountability and second chances are not mutually exclusive… Congress should advance legislation creating an earned pathway to federal expungement. The current system offers deserving individuals very few opportunities to move beyond their past mistakes, but by rewarding rehabilitation, we can create a more effective justice system and strengthen public safety.”

Wright wrote that nearly every state has adopted some form of expungement or automated record sealing, but federal law provides no course for doing so. She concluded that “if leaders across the political spectrum have concluded that perpetual punishment does little to enhance public safety, Washington should follow suit.”

The Daily Caller, It’s Time for Feds to Give Non-violent Offenders A Second Chance (July 10, 2026)

~ Thomas L. Root