Comment by tamimio
20 hours ago
Which is why I believe criminal records should only be kept for serious crimes (killing, etc.), anything less, the record gets deleted after few months completely. Otherwise, just as you said, the black mark on the records are worse than serving a whole year in prison, and can be used to exploit others.
While there are a few other ways it can happen, my state likes to say that certain criminal records are available for expungement.
One of the criteria: "The person has reached 120 years of age."
Cool.