Re: Land of the free
his will follow the person around for the rest of their life
Not everywhere. Some countries like Austria take erasing spent convictions so seriously that you cannot even get any information on them once they are spent even if the person re-offends.
Apparently Josef Fritzl HAD a prior conviction. One that nobody can get hold of - it has been wiped.
So once again - you have the full spectrum starting with UK where some stuff is nearly impossible to erase to countries like Austria where it is a criminal offense to keep on file "dirt" and use it once a conviction has been spent.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
