LJay Wrote:Paul Twocock?
Private Members Bill?
Only in Britain!
I would think that Rescinding of Conviction would be more appropriate terminology but the spirit of the action is more important than the language.
The thing is that the convictions carried with them an automatic criminal record and that has had a profound effect on people's lives. On applying for a job or a mortgage or an insurance policy etc., one has to declare whether one had any sort of criminal conviction. It even restricted travel so that travel to the USA and some other countries was out of the question.
"You can be young without money but you can't be old without money"
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams
Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams