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Rights restoration and record destruction event scheduled for Saturday in Phoenix

gavel in a courtroom
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Gavel in courtroom.

Court officials, prosecutors and free legal aid groups are scheduled to work together on Saturday.

They plan to offer help to people applying to restore civil rights, expunge certain marijuana offenses, destroy juvenile records and more.

Judges will be on site for immediate rulings.

The event is from 9 a.m. to noon at the Durango Juvenile Court Center in south Phoenix.

For more information, visit superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/llrc/jvrr.

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Matthew Casey has won Public Media Journalists Association and Edward R. Murrow awards since he joined KJZZ as a senior field correspondent in 2015.