Ah -- reflecting that very attitude that brings that "F" word to mind.
I faced the music. Your post illustrates the ways in which people like me continue to face it nearly three later. *sigh* The lifetime record is handed down not by the law I broke, but by those with timid minds and limited experiences. Given the chance to trade places, I'd pass. I'd rather have a bolder mind, even if its conclusions and empathies are built on rougher experiences that offend narrower sensibilities.
Nobody said life was fair. I accept that it's not, give thanks for my many blessings, and lie on job applications. Methinks that if the situations were reversed, YOU would be the last to be so cavalier. I suspect you're the type who can dish it out, but can't take it.
I knew what was right and wrong in my early teens and did not break the law. Th situation is do not break the law unless you are willing to face the bar of justice. And part of that in many cases is a lifetime record.