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Remember way back when I got busted for not getting high? I had just had surgery, left my house without pain meds. A friend (nameless, of course) had pretty much the same meds, but they were codeine instead of hydrocodone (synthetic equivalent). She gave me three, I didn't want to get too loopy, so I took just two, as prescribed. Two months later, the third one shows up during a search of my car during a routine traffic stop (brake light out). I get jailed overnight, pay $1000 bail. My uncle, the lawyer, agrees to take the case for free; I get what I paid for.
Because I won't rat out the person who simply didn't want to see me in pain, I get railroaded. Class B Misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance(they wanted Class A, but I pointed out to my lawncle that class A was defined as more than exists in any one pill) $800 fine, "deferred adjudication" aka probation for a year at a cost of about $1000 more.
Paid my fine, did my time, record expunged. It's all over, now, right?
American Heritage Dictionary:
Expunge: tr.v. 1. To omit, erase, strike out, or obliterate (a word or sentence, for example). 2. To eliminate physically, annihillate... -- See synonyms at erase
No, wait!
The very vocabulary of our language has been altered. Shades of 1984. Orwell, you bastard, you were only a little ahead of your time.
Couple of day's ago, the kid's school offers me a job. Reasonable pay, excellent environment. The monastery's a little tight on cash, so I agree. The catch: in order to work with children, one must have a level one fingerprint clearance. Keeps them from hiring bad guys. I'm told by the local constabulary that when the FBI pulls my file, I'll come up as a bad guy! yeah! Misdemeanors don't count against you, unless they're drug-related. I say hey! that record is supposed to be expunged! They say, yup, says so right here after the description of the charges: "expunged" Right there on my record. Right where it's supposed not to be any more. But that doesn't count in a level one clearance request. Request likely to be denied, for the sake of a single codeine pill almost a decade ago, so I wouldn't get loopy. OK, I was loopy for not eating the damn thing!
There is an avenue for protest. I'll be taking it, this time, if necessary, with a lawyer who does know what he's doing. They'll fill the job before it's done, probably, but this one needs to be fought on the principle of the thing.
Such fun!
Because I won't rat out the person who simply didn't want to see me in pain, I get railroaded. Class B Misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance(they wanted Class A, but I pointed out to my lawncle that class A was defined as more than exists in any one pill) $800 fine, "deferred adjudication" aka probation for a year at a cost of about $1000 more.
Paid my fine, did my time, record expunged. It's all over, now, right?
American Heritage Dictionary:
Expunge: tr.v. 1. To omit, erase, strike out, or obliterate (a word or sentence, for example). 2. To eliminate physically, annihillate... -- See synonyms at erase
No, wait!
The very vocabulary of our language has been altered. Shades of 1984. Orwell, you bastard, you were only a little ahead of your time.
Couple of day's ago, the kid's school offers me a job. Reasonable pay, excellent environment. The monastery's a little tight on cash, so I agree. The catch: in order to work with children, one must have a level one fingerprint clearance. Keeps them from hiring bad guys. I'm told by the local constabulary that when the FBI pulls my file, I'll come up as a bad guy! yeah! Misdemeanors don't count against you, unless they're drug-related. I say hey! that record is supposed to be expunged! They say, yup, says so right here after the description of the charges: "expunged" Right there on my record. Right where it's supposed not to be any more. But that doesn't count in a level one clearance request. Request likely to be denied, for the sake of a single codeine pill almost a decade ago, so I wouldn't get loopy. OK, I was loopy for not eating the damn thing!
There is an avenue for protest. I'll be taking it, this time, if necessary, with a lawyer who does know what he's doing. They'll fill the job before it's done, probably, but this one needs to be fought on the principle of the thing.
Such fun!