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The problem is you can legally say you were never convicted of that crime if it's expunged. If a background check is performed, it will not show up on your reco
by cronix 8y ago
The problem is you can legally say you were never convicted of that crime if it's expunged. If a background check is performed, it will not show up on your record, which will be contradictory if it's still in a newspaper article (or some other public source). It's a catch-22. An employer cannot legally use it against you. If they see it in print they can discriminate (illegally, but who would know) against you. If you can legally claim "I have not been convicted of a crime," then it shouldn't be in print showing you have been. It should go away, just like the criminal record, and just like if someone were to conduct a bg check.
- pc86 8y agoI'm talking about the arrest, plenty of news sources, especially local ones, will have an article saying so-and-so was arrested of such-and-such crime. Even if you're found not guilty through a trial the news article saying you were arrested will remain (because you were arrested). It would be the same after an expungement, articles citing the arrest can likely remain based on the fact that even if you were legally not convicted, you were still legally arrested (unless expungements cover that as well).
- paxys 8y agoYou don't see a problem that the government is infringing on my right to post literal facts online?
- pc86 8y agoIt's not a fact, though. Expungements are the legally way of saying "this should have never happened and legally it did not" for criminal convictions. So anything saying that someone was convicted of Crime X when it was expunged is by definition not a factual article.