A person convicted of a level A offense can move to vacate the conviction
To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2.
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A person convicted of a level A offense can move to vacate the conviction
The document says “can”Who acts: persons convicted of level A offenses, United States district courtsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“A person convicted of any level A offense (or an attorney representing such a person) may move the court that imposed the sentence for the level A offense to vacate the judgment of conviction if the level A offense was committed as a direct result of the person having been a victim of trafficking.”
The first of the three motions the new section creates. A person convicted of a level A offense, or an attorney representing that person, may move to vacate the judgment of conviction. The motion goes to the court that imposed the sentence. The ground is that the offense was committed as a direct result of the person having been a victim of trafficking.
What the document actually says
“A person convicted of any level A offense (or an attorney representing such a person) may move the court that imposed the sentence for the level A offense to vacate the judgment of conviction if the level A offense was committed as a direct result of the person having been a victim of trafficking.”
That sentence, in plain words
A person found guilty of a level A crime can ask a judge to wipe out that ruling. Their lawyer can ask too. They must show the crime came from being forced.
What this is about
The ask goes to the court that gave the sentence. The crime must not be a violent one. Level A crimes are the ones that are not violent.
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Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, Public Law 119-73, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 2003 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ73/html/PLAW-119publ73.htm
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“A person convicted of a level A offense can move to vacate the conviction,” Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/trafficking-survivors-relief-act/proposal/sec02-motion-to-vacate-level-a-conviction/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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