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Better that ten guilty go free than to imprison an innocent.

This is a double-edged sword. On one hand you have real career schitt-heads that get arrested all the time for one thing or another and for whatever reason the case or some charges are dismissed during the court process. Knowing that you are dealing with a schitt-head can be valuable information.

OTOH, you have the rare innocent or falsely accused person who gets arrested and the charges are later dismissed or they are found not guilty in court. That record still appears on their criminal history printout.

The big difference is the career schitt-head has convictions mixed in with the arrest/dismissals. It also tends to muddy the waters when we are gathering criminal history info to provide to the courts for arraignments. Past arrests are irrelevant as convictions are the only thing that counts in the court.

Sometimes because even the best system is run by fallible humans, there are and have been times where they/we have acted in haste before all the ducks have been properly lined up. No one should have to carry someone else's mistake or lack of evidence in their background.

I agree with Dyson that arrests/dismissals shouldn't be part of a person's criminal history and in my opinion violate Alaska Constitution's Right to Privacy clause. Plus it's a pain in the arse to sift through the convictions verses dismissals and arrests that have gone nowhere when preparing for court.

Oh yeah, I remember the last democrap I agreed with was Eric Croft and his Constitutional Carry bill that became law. Eh.....I guess agreeing with the bastids once every ten years or so isn't bad.