That's because they want to help all the people breaking sh*t. Go ahead, destroy property, you are young and can make it dissapear.Couple of thoughts. I do think its interesting that MA is finally looking at options for expungement with this bill and the bill introduced last year. I also find it very interesting that it is extremely limited in what can be expunged, and also the age of the individual...only for people 21 or younger, "youthful indiscretion" they say.
A scenario exists where a 30 year old who has a felony conviction under their belt is able to get that felony expunged, but a 30 year old with a misdemeanor under their belt is unable to get that conviction expunged. The 30 year old with the Felony could have been convicted at 20 and the 30 year old with the misdemeanor convicted at 23.
That being said, I think having st least one age group could make it easier to have this amended in the future to extend the age.