2007-10-15 15:37:32 · 5 answers · asked by Claire D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
A pardon given by a state governor, or the President, wipes your criminal record clean. All your rights are restored. An expungement is nothing more than taking your conviction infoout of public records. It is still in the law enforcement records. It does NOT, I repeat NOT, restore all your rights.
2007-10-16 03:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Difference Between Pardon And Expungement
2017-01-16 17:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by warshaw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With a pardon the conviction still stands, but the sentence has bee waived, this can only be done by the Governor or in some cases the President.
An Expungement is done by the courts and wipes the record of that conviction clean. This is useful when new evidence turns up after someone is convicted.
2007-10-15 15:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by Insane 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
A pardon stays on your criminal record meaning you were found guilty of the charges but have been released from serving a sentence for various reasons....an expungement means to totally erase the history or record of it as if it never happened.
2007-10-15 15:48:44 · answer #4 · answered by paul h 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
an expungement is a sealing of a criminal record so that it cannot be looked up, the details of a pardon can be looked up
2007-10-15 15:46:58 · answer #5 · answered by Will 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋