Sheila Criminal Records, Expungement

Once you're convicted, you'll always be convicted until your conviction is wiped clean by a FULL PARDON.

Your civil rights (meaning you can vote, sit on juries, etc... in the states where that operates by law or statute), but that doesn't mean the stain is cleansed by expungement.

Your conviction will always stain your name and record.

Expunction or expungement may cloak the conviction from some employers eyes, but governmental agencies and some others, they can see it. In fact, most simple background checks can reveal it, and some online services (available to people for $25 to $50 a year), your neighbors can see it, too. In all states, if you know where to look, you'd be surprised what you can see for FREE.


This article explains it well.

Its written about expungmement in Idaho, but applies to other states, as well.

http://www.idahocriminaldefenselaw....expungement-isnt-really-expungement-in-idaho/