Vandeveld explained that, initially, the case against Jawad "seemed uncomplicated," because he had "confessed to his role in the attack on a videotape recorded by U.S. personnel," and, as a result, the case "seemed likely to produce a quick, clean conviction, and an unmarred early victory for the prosecution, vindicating the concept" of the Commissions.
The best of them insist on returning time and again out of a fundamental conviction that a clean flow of information is as vital to a society as transport, government, electricity or security.
Despite several provocative protests so far, including one in which he smoked pot on camera in front of several police stations, he has a clean sheet when it comes to convictions and plans to keep it that way.
Responding to pleas from Arpaio's attorneys to expunge the conviction and give the sheriff a clean criminal record, Bolton ruled that a presidential pardon exempts Arpaio from punishment — but not his conviction.
We should allow certain nonviolent offenders who have served their time and lived a clean life ever since to have their conviction expunged.
Is it really being suggested that Majid Ahmed, with his burglary conviction, is more worthy of sympathy than the young person with a clean record who would have been denied a place at Imperial College had Ahmed been allowed in?
Figures from the AA show that drivers with a single speeding conviction are 10-12% more likely to make a claim than those with a clean licence.
Even more troubling, whites with a felony conviction fared just as well, if not better, than a black applicant with a clean background.
In addition, Oregon's recently enacted Senate Bill 844 allows ex-offenders to expunge a marijuana conviction if they committed an offense before age 21 and have since maintained a clean record.
Media captionIn July, Browder told the BBC Magnitsky's conviction was "a truly historic and shameful moment for Russia" "I'd rather die with a clean soul than live a life of compromise and fear," he said.
