(April 7, 2016 at 3:02 pm)Nymphadora Wrote: OMG Becca, I'm truly sorry. Can you produce some sort of proof, such as the decision from the court, that you weren't in the wrong?
Eventually, I can, but it will take a lot of time and money that I don't have. Add to that, the judge and my lawyer are both dead now, so it's even tougher.
Quote:Also, write a pleading to the court to have that removed from your records since you were found not guilty and the cop was fired.
I plan on it, but, again, a lot of time and money will have to go into it.
Quote:If your employer can get those things, would they be willing to re-hire you since it was an obvious mistake on the courts behalf to not seal these records?
The records weren't sealed when they were supposed to be, and the verdict was filed wrongly, so it's going to be hard to prove. They will consider hiring me back, but I have an entire appeal process I'm going through, including letters of reference from three people who aren't my family. Luckily, I have at least ten friends/old co-workers/professors, etc. helping me out with that. Regardless, I probably won't be able to get hired back because they'll need to hire someone to replace me in the time it takes to get all of it done. The biggest silver lining I'm considering is clearing my name with the amazing people I was working with, and if I get my job back, I'll consider myself lucky.
Quote:At the very least, that should be expunged, but given as you were found not guilty, there shouldn't be anything to expunge.
Unfortunately, the incident happened in the state of NY, and there is no expunging available; the best I can hope for is to get the record sealed.
Quote:Also, if this happened when you were a juvenille, then you may have recourse against the court for not sealing those records anyway.
I was 28 when it happened...
Thanks for all of your suggestions and support
I didn't want to derail from Losty's stuff, honestly. I just thought the story was applicable to the topic.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
