He's talking about changing laws, which of course he can't literally do, but Pre...

eesmith · on Sept 3, 2020

Ahh, I think you're right.

NC passed a Second Chance Act which makes it easier to expunge records, says https://abc11.com/second-chance-act-roy-cooper-signed-into-l... , and "Cases dismissed after December 1, 2021 may automatically be expunged per the Second Chance Act." says https://www.swlawnc.com/blog/new-expungement-law-in-nc which adds that laws in other states have automatic removal of dismissed charges after a period of time.

This means that my quote from Wikipedia about expungement isn't the full story.

mikeyouse · on Sept 2, 2020

If Biden wins, there will certainly be a Democratic House and maybe 50:50 odds right now on a Democratic Senate, so he'd likely be able to implement whatever priorities he sees fit.