There’s an old expression you have heard a lot of times over the years. Your parents may even have told you at least once.
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“To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
People make mistakes but forgiveness is left to higher power.
If you commit a crime like domestic violence how long does it stay in your record.
Misdemeanor like any other misdemeanor is not just going to fall off from your record like some traffic ticket.
It’s going to stay on your record forever, unless steps are taken to remove it from your record. There are some kinds of cases that can be removed, some not.
In your jurisdiction, you’ll have to find out whether or not a domestic violence case can even be removed from your record. In many jurisdiction it cannot
The logic to this is if you remove domestic violence from your record then the second or third offense would have no meaning if the first one falls off automatically.
So it’s really a question of what jurisdiction you’re in and what exactly are the offenses
But don’t be surprised if domestic violence is the kind of charge not subject to removal.
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