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Criminal histories can be misleading. If the agency doesn't report it correctly and timely, that may be good or bad for the offender.
There are states that have statutes have allowed crimes to be sealed if the offender meets certain conditions.
In Georgia, there is the First Offender Act which you are SUPPOSED to get only once but if the judge signs, he/she gets more than one. (There is a story on WBS tv right now about an alledged murderer who got it 3 times.)
There is an "expungement" statute that says you can get it as many times as the prosecutor/court approves it. There is a stipulation that there isn't supposed to be a pattern of crimnal activity so I'm wondering why people get it more than 6 times.
HOWEVER, the offenses are not sealed at the court level so don't blame the state if the employer looks on the court's website and/or docket books!
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Last edited by AGDLynn; 08-13-2010 at 06:18 PM.
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