[Lazamataz]

For 27 years now, if I apply for a job and check the "yes" box at the question, "Have you ever been arrested?", I'm OUT at the ground floor.

Did you know that if you are arrested but not convicted, it is child's play to get that arrest record removed?

Consult a lawyer.

[Finny]

Acutally I can't remember the wording of the question on applications, but I'm pretty sure it's ranged from "Have you ever been arrested?" to "Have you ever been charged with a felony?" and "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" I was charged with felony assault on an officer. I got tossed in jail, bailed out, went to court not with lawyer or jury, just me, pleaded guilty because I slapped and kicked the cop (note to self: don't ever do that again! ;^), but the cop fabricated evidence that I'd torn his uniform and the judge seemed to know and disapprove of the over-zealous cop; they fined me and slapped my wrist, and told me that I was on a kind of probation where if I got in trouble with the law over the next three years I'd be in deep doo-doo. I doubt that that qualifies as a felony conviction, but I know that, years ago, when I tried to get it removed from my record, it ended up being a process that I didn't understand at all. So I figured the heck with it. Also had an arrest for drunk in public years later, but that's a misdemeanor, IIRC.