I have recently been turned down for employment due to a felony from 10 years ago, the sentencing was under the First Time Offenders Act in the state of GA. This has been haunting me for the past ten years, and frankly I am getting tired of being unemployed due to failing background checks. I looked up the law and it states "…is not a conviction of a crime under the laws of this state and may not be used to disqualify a person in any application for employment or appointment to office in either the public or private sector". So basically I am asking what I can do about this , can I have it removed from records?