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I hate the way that my "arrest record" is hindering me from getting gainful employment right now. My criminal record was crystal clear except for one incident, and that was made out of bad judgment and because I was going through a lot in my life that made me feel less than stable(homelessness, being disowned by family, false accusations, ongoing harassment from an ex). My ex harassed me to the point that I snapped, and now I have all these charges. The funny thing is, I do NOT have any convictions and I am in a special program for select first-time offenders in which the charges get expunged at the end of probation. I worked my butt off to buy an expensive lawyer to ensure that I would get into this program. The lawyer told me that I would have no convictions. Yet when I apply to jobs, they don't give two craps that it is not a conviction. I don't think they believe me when I try to tell them that I am in the program where my record will be eventually expunged. Gee it makes me wonder how much this expensive lawyer really did to help me. I hate the fact that I might have to work "immoral" jobs in the meantime just to make my bills and keep me from becomming homeless again...these are jobs that my family would disown me all over again for if they found out about. Jan 9 9:24 PM MST