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Ive had many charges and convictions when I was young. Now that I'm a little older I havent been arrested in a decade. I dont litter, I put my shopping cart back, I dont steal, I dont break the law. Im a good tipper and a regular citizen. Does this mean I am still considered a criminal for life because of my criminal record?
No not really. You are a prior criminal.
I've always interpreted criminal as someone who from the moment they commits a crime to the end of their punishment.
That means if you never got punished for a crime you are still a criminal.
Once a felon always a felon though.
No. And depending on which state you live in (if you let me know, I could do some research), you could probably get all your old arrests and convictions expunged, which means they are no longer public record and are usually destroyed and you can legally say you were never arrested or convicted.
No, if you changed your life and living according to the law and it’s been 10 years personally I wouldn’t see you as one but I am not the law
I’m Australian, we’re all criminals so that makes us not criminals me thinks 🙃
Sometimes that shit is on record for life but you are on the right track to being better regardless even if the good things dont show on record at least your conscience can be clear of anything bad right?
I am the same, be bleased, don't murder people that are minore annoying.