Quote Originally Posted by flyable6string
I did, I hired a really good lawyer. He is a real good guy, we became good friends. He agrees that I was railroaded. He told me that I should have never taken that plea, but at the time the lawyer I had was the cheapest I could afford. The lawyer I have now is a criminal lawyer, he is experienced in this field, and he is a very intellegent man, he is not the kind of guy who will screw you over. I dont trust many people anymore, but this guy; I would trust him with my life.
When he tried to expunge it from the courts, he found out that there was no record, so he contacted the National Crime Information Center. They have no record either. He sent Dac a letter stating that we would sue if they did not remove the false information that they have on my record, but they just ignored the letter, Dac later sold out to USIS.
My lawyer told me that we would most likely lose the lawsuit if I cant get some employers to admit why they wont hire me. I really want to sue them, and it is about the money for me, they have cost me some really good jobs, jobs where I could make a better life for myself. They also owe me for the embarrassment of having to look an employer in the face and telling him that I didnt do the crime that I was accused of, and knowing the whole time that the only thing thats going through that employers mind is; "yeah right. You were arrested. You must be guilty of something."
My question would be what did those employers state your reason for not hiring you?

I just read your post about what happened. That's fucked up, my condolenses to your plight.

Did you ask your lawyer about a possible class-action lawsuit? I'm sure they are other out there who are in the same situation,their lives ruined by this abuse of information. The only way I see it possible is if you gather enough people that perhaps has evidence, so these background check companies would have to be in compliance of business rules.
thcbongman Reviewed by thcbongman on . expunged from the courts, not from internet I was arrested for a crime 11 years ago, that I did not committ. They arrested me almost a year later after the false accuser accused me. They arrested me two weeks before the next sherriff election. I was being railroaded in a small town in arkansas. I was looking at 10 to 15 years in the pen. I never got in trouble for anything. I wasnt even smoking weed back then, and I havent gotten in trouble for anything since I was accused. I smoke weed now, but I am very carefull. I have somone Rating: 5