In response to the investigation, Interpol amended its 2001 red notice – removing the murder conviction and firearm charges, and also removing a conviction relating to property destruction.
In the last year alone, governors in Georgia, Vermont and Virginia have taken executive action to remove a conviction history check box on public-sector job applications; and in the private sector, Koch Industries announced, in April, it was "banning the box," joining companies like Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, Target and Walmart.
But in November, the couple got word that the children would be removed: A 1983 robbery conviction automatically disqualified Azim T. from serving as a foster or adoptive parent.
Furthermore, even if he was charged criminally, he is entitled under the law to a presumption of innocence, which can only be removed upon a conviction.
In September, the governor was heavily scrutinized for refusing to remove a felony conviction from the criminal record of a man found innocent.
"But in Israel he will be remembered as a symbol of corruption".Mr Olmert's conviction removes a potential challenger to Binyamin Netanyahu, the current prime minister, strengthening his hold on power.
Mr Basyir's conviction will remove a venomous voice from Indonesia's internal debate on the place of Islam, but in everyday terms it will not make the country any safer.
Presidential pardon"A presidential pardon does not remove the conviction, like an amnesty does.
The new law would also give parents worried that their 16 and 17-year-old children might travel to join Islamic State the power to apply to have their passports removed, while anyone with a conviction for terrorism offenses or extremist activity would be banned from working with children.
This would be a misunderstanding of the notion of clinical equipoise, which cannot be removed by the conviction of one practitioner on the basis of a small number of procedures.
