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Do you have a criminal record?

Do you have a criminal record?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 8.5%
  • No

    Votes: 83 88.3%
  • I have had a criminal record, but the offences have expired

    Votes: 3 3.2%

  • Total voters
    94
I'm not sure what most countries will refuse entry with, apart from the obvious. I know that you are refused entry to the USA if you have any driving related offences and several countries will refuse entry to violent crime offenders, but asides from those i'm stumped.

Can you be turned away from America for running a red light?

Technically, any criminal record excludes you from the visa waiver program and you must apply to the embassy for entry. The definition of criminal record normally excludes minor traffic offences dealt with by means of a fixed penalty notice, but I'd check if you're concerned.

A US immigration guy once asked me if I'd ever been in trouble with the police and wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. Obviously, I look shifty.

Aww, you should have said, "Buddy, I AM the police!".
 
I have no felonies or misdemeanors, but I do have a couple of violations (i.e., traffic tickets).

It's interesting this thread is here, since I just got to sit in on the board of pardons yesterday. It was mostly people with misdemeanors or minor felonies that interfered with their ability to get jobs, since they had to report that. One guy had an offensive touching 15 years ago (don't know the specifics, but generally you push someone, which causes them alarm). Unfortunately for him, Maryland considers his charge in Delaware to be a "crime of violence" so he had to admit committing a crime of violence in every job application.
 
No criminal record. I got a parking ticket from my uni because I left my car in a loading zone for 4 hours. I'd parked it there the day before when it wasn't a loading zone (since it was the weekend) and just forgot about it until just about lunch the next day.
 
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Nothing actually on my record other than two speeding tickets, the last of which was seven years ago. One I disputed, and there was a problem with setting up a court date and my inability to pay the fine when a default judgement was issued, which led to my license being suspended for a year.

However, I have been detained during traffic stops and told I was "probably going to be arrested," a few times because of suspected possession of marijuana, a few times because of suspected driving with an open container and/or under the influence of alcohol, and once, after getting my license reinstated, the officer said I probably didn't do everything I needed to do to get it reinstated. I'm almost never in possession of marijuana, I don't drive unless I'm well under the legal limit, and the only time I have open containers in my car, they're in my trunk and I'm not actively drinking them (still illegal in Michigan, but fuck that.) And, my license was reinstated properly, so none of this was a real problem.

Aside from that, I do break the law occasionally. I still drove pretty regularly when my license was suspended. I also used to sell Vicodin (like, lots of it.) Also, I still refuse to tell anyone where I was or what I was doing when I disappeared from June 2006 to January 2007.
 
No, I don't. But that only means I never got caught, or I managed to talk my way out of it. I've done some crazy shit back in the days.

The biggest case i was involved in was when me and a few friends beat up two guys who had stolen a classmate's motorbike. What we didnt know was that they were both involved in a major drug smuggling and dealing operation. I was pretty interesting when the undercover cops showed up along with swat...

Now, what i want you guys to know is that the swedish police has an interesting operating procedure. if you know anyone who has a record that is relevant, youre basically guilty. and my classmate was once caught smoking weed. so basically, that made me guilty by association. good times...

EDIT: otherwise just some basic stuff. assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, driving without a license. nothing that stands out in this town, a hive of scum an villiany.
 
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No. Never got caught for anything exciting; for which I am rather glad. Because of work, I have frequently visited local police departments, jails, and court houses. It's not a lot of fun seeing the families and loved ones of offenders go through a lot of bullshit because they know someone who made, shall we say, poor decisions.
 
No criminal record here. As Dennis noted, however, that doesn't mean not doing illegal things – it just means not being caught! ;)

I'd much rather be boring and free, than be some badass rebel and in jail or dead.

But I thought sometimes it was safer to be in chains than to be free.
 
No. I've ever been investigated by the state of New Jersey and determined to be free from mob ties and of upstanding enough character to work in a casino.
 
No. Most I've gotten a couple of parking tickets (from my university, not from the city) and one speeding ticket, but that's all.
 
No criminal record, but back when I owned a bar, we were raided by the ATF and charged with several felonies (mostly pertaining to illegal gambling). The charges were bullshit and dismissed fairly quickly. The whole thing was kind of funny and we did get a lot of free pubicity out of it (made the front page of the local paper).
 
Drats! I wish I had seen this post earlier before everybody responded. This is exactly the type of thing that you should never ever answer on the internet in any way, shape or form. Trust me big brother, etc. can and will find these posts if they go after you for a crime. Internet postings are avidly sought after by law enforcement to use to against defendants in court. Oftentimes, it's the thing that convicts somebody when they talk about prior behavior, convictions and all that. Pictures from facebook are a big source of problems for both the defendant AND law enforcement. We've used comments an officer has made on facebook to make them look bad in court.

Having worked as a criminal defense paralegal I see this stuff all the time. We now ask clients about internets sites they frequent, facebook, twitter, etc. They are asked to cease and desist any of that until after the case is over. You just never know what will come back to harm you if you ever find yourself charged with a crime. And, as all you computer experts know, even if you delete something from your computer it is recoverable.

With that said, I wish I could ask the moderators to delete this to protect you all.
 
Drats! I wish I had seen this post earlier before everybody responded. This is exactly the type of thing that you should never ever answer on the internet in any way, shape or form. Trust me big brother, etc. can and will find these posts if they go after you for a crime. Internet postings are avidly sought after by law enforcement to use to against defendants in court. Oftentimes, it's the thing that convicts somebody when they talk about prior behavior, convictions and all that. Pictures from facebook are a big source of problems for both the defendant AND law enforcement. We've used comments an officer has made on facebook to make them look bad in court.

Having worked as a criminal defense paralegal I see this stuff all the time. We now ask clients about internets sites they frequent, facebook, twitter, etc. They are asked to cease and desist any of that until after the case is over. You just never know what will come back to harm you if you ever find yourself charged with a crime. And, as all you computer experts know, even if you delete something from your computer it is recoverable.

With that said, I wish I could ask the moderators to delete this to protect you all.

Technically, the thread was about whether you have a criminal record, which would be easy for any LEO to look up anyway. I agree that the people admitting to illegal activity for which they haven't been charged are probably doing themselves a disservice, though.
 
Technically, the thread was about whether you have a criminal record, which would be easy for any LEO to look up anyway. I agree that the people admitting to illegal activity for which they haven't been charged are probably doing themselves a disservice, though.

Well, that depends if it can be proven, or if someone wants to prove it. There are two things i've done thats partially on record. Assaulting a police officer: SWAT officer pulled a gun on my friends seven year old sister. I broke a chair on his back in return. (Got off with a warning and the officer recived a written reprimand and suspension.)

Resisting arrest: An undercover cop forced me and a friend off the road and pulled a gun on us. Without indetifiying himself might I add. After he put it away we both attacked him w/ motorbike helmet and a spiked belt. (Deemed to be self defence against and unknown attacker. Reprimand and suspension from undercover operations for six months.) According to swedish law, both times i was let off because the police officer in question made an error in judgement/broke the law himself, invalidating any case they could have against me. The police chief actually shook my hand and asked that i forgive the actions of the local police department. He also asked that I do not press charges, claiming it was in isolated incident.

I AM Jack the Ripper. Suck on that coppers!

And I killed Jimmy Hoffa.

The above statement should not be considered to be an admission of any type or form.
Ovanstående påstående ska inte tas som ett erkännande av något slag.
 
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