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Point of clarification: there is no such thing as an "ex" con. The conviction stays even if the person never breaks the law again.
by sankyo 11y ago
Point of clarification: there is no such thing as an "ex" con. The conviction stays even if the person never breaks the law again.
- joshuaheard 11y ago"Ex-con" refers to "ex-convict", a former inmate in jail, not "ex-conviction", one who has been previously found guilty of a crime.
- dragonwriter 11y agoThe phrase "ex-con" or "ex-convict" is well established to refer to a person who has been convicted of a crime and who has completed any sentence associated the crime of which they were convicted, distinguishing them from both those who are still serving a sentence and from those who have never been convicted of a crime. (Its derived from the usage of the term "convict" to refer specifically to a person who is currently serving a sentence for a conviction of a crime, i.e., a prisoner or inmate.) If "convict", the noun, had a primary definition of anyone who has ever been convicted rather than someone serving a sentence for a conviction, then, yes, you might be right that you couldn't be an "ex-convict". But that's not what the word means.
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