"Redemption should be rewarded."
Say Halleluja!
And I really mean that.
I was not speaking in the religious context.
In prior years it was punishment was to "pay a debt to society" and completion of the punishment meant all debts are paid.
It is a relativly new developement that ANY infraction shall be a permanent unredeemable blemish. Even now with internet disemination of information, there is no possible means of ending the punishment phase of an infraction. Punishment becomes a permanent status for even the smallest of offenses.