Re: Not always joking, it seems

Robert Sneddon <fred@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> After they have served that part of their sentence the prisoner may
> be released into the community under licence.  The conviction is
> never spent and they can be re-incarcerated if they breach the terms
> of their licence (associating with known criminals, violence, other
> criminal acts etc.)

Is "license" like parole in the US?  Does being "spent" mean that
the person is off parole, or that their record is expunged, or both?
Do "known criminals" include people who, like me, were convicted of
something decades ago?
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