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Expungements and Cleaning up Your Criminal Record

By Walin & Klarich

Your right to expunge or seal your criminal records - why expungements are important A criminal record can prevent you from getting a good job, obtaining credit, renting an apartment, voting, obtaining certain licenses (nursing, realtor, medical, and other professional licenses), running for political positions, and other benefits of society we take for granted. Today more than ever, employers are doing background checks on current and potential employees. Thanks to the Internet, information is accessible to anyone interested in knowing your past. Expunging the criminal record dismisses and sets aside your felony and/or misdemeanor conviction from the public record.

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).