People v. Laguna, 2014 IL App (2d) 131145 (August).

Expungement in Illinois does not follow automatically after a pardon. The trial court denied this petition for expungement after the defendant had been pardoned by the governour.Imagine, actually jumping through all the hoops to actually win a pardon, only to lose an expungement. That is exactly what can happen when we realize that pardons and expungements are two different legal mechanisms on independent tracks.

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