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You're lecturing to a digger.paulsalem said:It probably took a fair amount of digging.
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You're lecturing to a digger.paulsalem said:It probably took a fair amount of digging.
A friend of mine completed ARD, the misdemenor was expunged, and he got a letter from his lawyer saying "You can legally advise that you have never been arrested or convicted of this crime" Case Closed.
I had a misdemeanor expunged from my record years ago and there was about 8 expungement orders issued that I had to deliver to the various agencies, including the jail, FBI, city, county, and state records, etc.. so your assumption that the record remains with the jail is not entirely correct.IFollowRoads said:The clerk of the court files might be expunged, but the arrest paperwork stays at the jail forever, as a civil liberties safeguard. In other words, the arresting agency can't make all the paperwork go away and deny having had someone in custody. So depending on how in depth the background investigation is, you can get nailed in the interview about a past arrest.
There are consequences for all your actions. Owning up to a mistake is one of those consequences. Don't make the situation worse for yourself by being a liar.
Gorilla said:Has anyone answered the question about arrested vs convicted? Let's say you were walking home from the Kwik-E-Mart, munching a burrito, and are arrested at gunpoint because you are 5'2", red hair, and that matches the description of a guy that robbed the bank four blocks away.
You are released 2 hours later when the real bank robber is caught.
What do you say in the interview? Tell them the whole story? Probably good for a sympathetic chuckle.
But it gets worse in the next example. You are accused of tax evasion, and endure a LONG and expensive trial. Ultimately the jury returns NOT GUILTY. This one is not so easy to talk about. Even if you say "Yeah I was arrested but not convicted", the interviewer is probably thinking "Hmm, how'd this guy get off? Loophole? He MAY be guilty."
IFollowRoads said:The clerk of the court files might be expunged, but the arrest paperwork stays at the jail forever, as a civil liberties safeguard. In other words, the arresting agency can't make all the paperwork go away and deny having had someone in custody. So depending on how in depth the background investigation is, you can get nailed in the interview about a past arrest.
There are consequences for all your actions. Owning up to a mistake is one of those consequences. Don't make the situation worse for yourself by being a liar.
air cowboy said:Getting falsely arrested for something you did not do is not a mistake. Think before you speak son.