Which like... If you were a prisoner for instance, how do you think you'd feel if they pretty much admitted that "Hey, we were wrong, we put you up for x years.

Which like... If you were a prisoner for instance, how do you think you'd feel if they pretty much admitted that "Hey, we were wrong, we put you up for x years." Personally I think it makes it tantamount to false imprisonment and a miscarriage of justice, and blatantly admitting to fault with no reluctance whatsoever. Not to mention in any cases where it the crime was registered as - felonious we're talking the restoration of rights to these folks. But then there's damages. I was refused an entry level job at a convenience store over possession/consumption charges which at the time had occurred 4 years prior. Those were misdemeanor charges. How many people have had their balls busted over "trafficking of a controlled substance" because they were on an interstate, wound up with a felony charge, probation, prison/jail time, and a record that haunted them for years. I went straight because I had a decent job laid in my lap that turned a blind eye to my record - a lot of people in a lot of places won't have that opportunity. And if they acknowledge that, then they'll also have to acknowledge that they were also reasonably at fault for poor outcomes which proceeded from their intervention. You go into the College of Criminals with an AS in potsmoking and graduate with a PhD in dealing meth and an MS in criminal violence - no surprise the recidivism rate is so high.