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> You don't want to allow [...]

Yes I do. A Judge decided what was a fair punishment for the offense. They sat through an entire trial and made a decision about what was an appropriate sentencing.

Once that appropriate sentence has been serve there should be no further punishment. If the Judge decides the felon should never be able to work in banking they can, in most countries, make that happen.

What's the point of having a judicial system if everyone is going to take the matter in their own hands anyway?



In Czechia, you can ask the court to erase your criminal record. They usually comply after the same amount of years that was your original sentence. Meaning that after spending 3 years in prison, the criminal record stays with you further 3 years and after that if there is no reason to keep it and you ask for it, it gets erased.

Well, erased is not really exact. It won't be accessible by anyone and you will have the right to be treated as if you were never convicted.

So, Peter's original sentence was like 8 months? After so many years I believe nobody should hold his TPB involvement against him anymore.


In Sweden they are removed from the public records (belastningsregistret) based on various criteria. A completed prison sentence would normally be removed 10 years after the sentence has been completed. Sources (in Swedish): https://lagen.nu/1998:620#P17 https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/g...




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