Expungimiento de antecedentes tras completar programas de desafío juvenil

Explicación Simple

Si terminas con éxito un programa de rehabilitación en Carolina del Sur, puedes pedir que se borren tus antecedentes criminales. Esto significa que no tendrás que decir que tuviste problemas con la ley cuando te pregunten.

Es como limpiar un pizarrón sucio. Si completas el programa, puedes borrar lo que estaba escrito y empezar de nuevo sin las manchas del pasado.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tuvo un problema con la ley cuando era joven. Después de completar el programa de desafío juvenil en Carolina del Sur, él solicita que se borren sus antecedentes. Como no tuvo más problemas en un año, el juez acepta su solicitud y ahora Juan puede buscar trabajo sin que su pasado lo persiga.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 17-22-1010. Completion of South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program; expungement; records. (A) A person who is eligible for expungement of his criminal record pursuant to the provisions of Sections 22-5-910, 22-5-920, 34-11-90(e), and 56-5-750(F) may apply to have his record expunged pursuant to the procedures provided in Article 9 if he graduates and successfully completes the South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program administered by the South Carolina Army National Guard. Notwithstanding another provision of law, such person may apply for expungement immediately upon graduation and successful completion of the South Carolina Youth Challenge Academy and the South Carolina Jobs Challenge Program. (B) If the person has had no other conviction during the approximately one-year period as provided in subsection (A), the circuit court may issue an order expunging the records including any associated bench warrant. No person may have his records expunged under this section more than once. (C) If the expungement order is granted by the court, the records must be destroyed or retained by any law enforcement agency or municipal, county, or state agency or department pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-1-40. (D) The effect of the expungement order is to restore the person, in the contemplation of the law, to the status he occupied before the arrest or indictment or information. No person as to whom the order has been entered may be held pursuant to another provision of law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of his failure to recite or acknowledge the arrest, or indictment or information, or trial in response to an inquiry made of him for any purp