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A criminal record that has been expunged is a second chance. - Posted at 11:06 on 2008-Apr-26 by Duncan Carver

When someone has their criminal record expunged it means that their criminal record is sealed and it is no longer a part of the public record. When a criminal record is expunged it is taken away and no one can get a hold of it. Even if you are in a court of law you can legally say that you do not have a criminal record once your criminal record has been expunged. In fact the only way that anyone can get a hold of your criminal record once it has been expunged they would have to go through a court and a judge would have to have seen sufficient reason why the criminal record that has already been expunged be allowed to be opened back up again and that does not happen very easily rest assured.

A criminal record is something that can haunt a person for the rest of their lives. When ever any type of criminal activity is committed a criminal record is established right away. Even for the smallest of infractions. Now the problem that everyday good people will face is that when a job application asks if you have a criminal record you have to say yes. Now by law the potential employer can not discriminate against you because you have a criminal record and all of the applications will always offer room to explain but once you put yes to that question the majority of employers will find another reason to not hire you. This can cause some very difficult financial hardships for many people. By getting your criminal record expunged that can not happen any longer. There will be career opportunities that were closed off from you before that will begin to open up. You will once again be able to feel like a normal part of society and not someone who is looked upon as a criminal.

Even though there are many laws that are in place to protect people from any form of discrimination we all know that it still happens on a daily basis. There are people who have a criminal record that are turned away from the most basic of jobs every single day. These people are finding it difficult to survive with a criminal record. Now these people are not of course the career criminal people. these people are the ones who made a mistake or two when they were younger and have paid their debt to society whether through fines, probation, community service or even jail time and then parole. These people who are having a very hard time trying to get by in life are honest members of society now and have been for a long time. These are prime candidates for having their criminal records expunged.

There are certain regulations that must occur before a person can get their criminal record expunged. The best thing that anyone can do is in fact retain an attorney right away and ask all of the questions that you have about criminal records being expunged. The attorney will be able to tell you if you are even able to qualify as a candidate to have your criminal record expunged. After a few questions are answered then the attorney will know right away if you should even pursue having your criminal record expunged or not. If you want to have your criminal record expunged then you need to make sure that you have fulfilled all of your fines, probation, jail time and any other things that the judge may have sentenced you to. it must be at least five years since your last offense. And most importantly there must not have been any kind of injury to anyone as a result of the crime you committed. These are all factors and any more of the requirements to having your criminal record expunged can be told to you by your attorney.

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