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The Ban the Box law is not just about arrests but convictions. Quoting the site I linked to, "An employer cannot ask you about any prior convictions until the

• public_defender 4y ago
  That means for the subset of people who have convictions, the "not evidence" comment doesn't apply. My comments on misuse and irrelevance hold for convictions. See also the fact that a person theoretically endures punishment upon conviction commensurate with a crime. To make people vulnerable to further punishment by private/collateral actors undermines the theoretical basis for the state's sole authority to punish.