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The Injustice of California’s Record Sealing Statute
If you were arrested and tried for a crime where there was not even "reasonable cause" to believe that you committed the crime, you can be left with a criminal record that will prevent you from getting a job, housing, volunteering in your children's classroom, and other basic things that those with a clean criminal record can do. All this damage comes from a crime that you clearly did not commit.
California's record sealing statute Penal Code section 851.8. is designed to prevent this gross injustice by allowing people who are found factually innocent to have all records of the arrest and court case sealed and destroyed. In most situations, the statute successfully balances state’s right to preserve information against an individual's right to preserve their reputation. However, in a large number of situations, wrongfully-accused individuals are left with life-long damage caused by the records of arrests or court cases where they were factually innocent, but the statute does allow for the records to be sealed.
The California Department of Justice (CDOJ) keeps a complete criminal history on every person who has ever been arrested or charged in court with a criminal offense. This report is commonly referred as a rap sheet or background report. Among other things, the rap sheet shows the date, location, and reason for the arrest or court case. Even if a person is found innocent or if the charges are dropped, the record of the arrest and any court case is shown on the individual's rap sheet.
Unlike reports kept by credit bureaus or the Department of Motor Vehicles who only report negative history for a limited number of years, once something appears on the CDOJ rap sheet, it stays forever; unless the individual successfully petitions to have the record of the arrest and trial sealed. A successful petition to have a record sealed with wipe clean any evidence of the arrest or court case from the CDOJ rap sheet.
The CDOJ will only release the rap sheet to authorized state agencies for limited purposes or to the individual who requests their own rap sheet by filing paper, submitting fingerprints, and paying nominal fee (which can be waived for individuals who cannot afford the fee). Despite an apparent attempt to keep the rap sheet from public disclosure, raps sheets are widely used for private purposes. According to a 1996 study by the Society for Human Resource Management, 80 percent of mid-size to large employers conducted criminal background checks to screen potential employees. That is up 26 percent from 1996. Rap sheets are often required by a wide range of other individuals and organizations, from landlords to Little Leagues.
The information contained on rap sheets often determines which applicant gets such things as housing, employment, or the ability to interact with their children.� There is no law in California that prevents these decisions being made on the basis of arrests or charges for which the person was factually innocent. Accordingly, it makes good public policy sense to have rap sheets be as accurate and free of information that would wrongly prejudice an individual. California's record sealing law gives most wrongfully accused clearing their rap sheet of negative information.
The procedure is put forth in section 851.8 states:
"in any case where a person has been arrested, and an accusatory pleading has been field, but where no conviction has occurred, the defendant may, at any time after dismissal of the action, petition the court which dismissed the action for a finding that the defendant is factually innocent of the charges for which the arrest was made."
If the individual is successful the statute states:
"The court shall also order the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the offense and the Department of Justice to request the destruction of any records of the arrest which they have given to any local, state, or federal agency, person or entity. Each state or local agency, person or entity within the State of California receiving such a request shall destroy its records of the arrest and the request to destroy such records, unless otherwise provided in this section."
One of the major problems is that that statute will not allow for the partial sealing of a record. Courts have refused to interpret PC 851.8 as allowing "surgical excision of certain parts of arrest records." So if an individual who is charged with two crimes is found factually innocent of one the crimes and guilty of the other, no part of the record be sealed. Consider this scenario that leads to an unjust and unexpected result:
A couple is having a heated argument. A neighbor who fears violence calls the police. When police arrive one of the suspects, who is in fit of rage, wrongfully accuses the other of sexual assault. The police arrest the accused for sexual assault and disturbing the peace. An hour later, the accuser calms down, loses the anger and recants the testimony to the police. The wrongful charge of sexual assault is never filed in court.
However, the accused goes to court and pleads guilty to a misdemeanor of disturbing the peace and is sentenced with a $200 fine. Unbeknownst to this defendant, and most defendants, is that there is another sentence that they will have for life. Whenever some asks for a rap sheet, they will see that the defendant was arrested for a felony count of sexual assault. The defendant will have to spend a lifetime hoping people believe the explanation for the negative history on the rap sheet and dealing with the likelihood that it will cause unfair prejudice.
This unjust and unexpected result hurts the individual and society by placing large, life-long obstacles to a person reaching their personal and professional potential.
For more information about record sealing and propose remedies, see www.recordgone.com.
About the Author
Mathew K. Higbee's law firm recordgone.com specializes in record expungement. He is a graduate of the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law. He is a member of the California and Utah Bar Association.
Replacing Fridge Seals to Reduce Electricity Costs
With Electricity being such a major household expense, more people are looking at ways to cut back their electricity bills. With the refrigerator being one of the larger users of electricity in most households, checking your fridge door seals have no gaps or splits is vital in keeping your electricity bills down. The basic purpose of the fridge is to keep all the food fresh for longer periods of time, however when the seals are not effective due to splits and gaps in the seal, the freshness of the food is compromised, and this causes food to spoil quicker and food items such as milk to go rancid quicker. With outside air getting into the fridge the fridge is unable to maintain consistent temperatures throughout the fridge and therefore this causes bacteria to form, and food to spoil quickly.
The life time of the fridge is also affected by the fridge seals being faulty as the compressor is forced to run excessively and therefore puts more strain on the fridge than what it needs to. Now the question arises… How do you solve the problem of a faulty fridge door seal? For some cases you may wish to have a mechanic fit a new fridge seal to your fridge, but in most cases it is a simple job which you can do yourself. Most fridge door seals are clamped to the door with screws which simply need to be loosened to remove them, and the new seal slips in with a small lip.
When replacing most Kelvinator fridge seals and Westinghouse fridge seals for many years they have come with screwed on door seals which are simple to install. Most Fisher & Paykel seals are simply pushed into a small channel which is connected to the door. Fitting the fridge seals yourself can save a lot of money on installation costs when doing it yourself.
The easiest way to get the seals is to order them online. Simply select your make and model and you are presented with a list of the possible matches. Then it is simply a matter of adding them to your shopping cart and checking out with your credit card.
For shop owners you can also order Commercial fridge seals online by entering your sizes and the profile of your fridge seals to suit your fridges in your shop.
About the Author
Paul Purczel is an Adelaide Web Designer specializing in Content Management systems, Ecommerce web sites and Search Engine Optimisation. He created an ecommerce web site which sells Fridge Seals online and gives ongoing support for the site.
http://www.acewebdesign.com.au
