In America, a decades‑old misdemeanor or nonviolent felony can be the barrier between a job offer and a rejection, a rental approval and a closed door. Now, two Howard University graduates are using technology to change that.
Lawrence Blackmon, a Mississippi State Representative, and Roger Roman, a tech founder and investor, have launched LegalEase, a Black‑owned justice‑tech startup designed to make expungement simple, fast, and affordable. Their mission is ambitious: process one million expungements by 2030.
The app—powered by an AI guide named Wilma walks users through a conversational eligibility check and petition‑filing process that can be completed in about five minutes…