{"id":1457,"date":"2024-07-15T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T12:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/avoid-a-criminal-record-with-a-discharge\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T12:38:42","slug":"avoid-a-criminal-record-with-a-discharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/avoid-a-criminal-record-with-a-discharge\/","title":{"rendered":"AVOID A CRIMINAL RECORD WITH A DISCHARGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A person who pleads guilty or is convicted of an offense for which the law does not prescribe a minimum sentence or which is not punishable by imprisonment of fourteen years or life imprisonment may benefit from a discharge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A discharge is not automatic and the court must determine that it is in the best interests of the accused without harming the public interest before granting a discharge. A discharge can be unconditional or conditional. A person who is granted a discharge is deemed not to have been convicted and therefore has no criminal record.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is essential to properly present your situation to the court in order to benefit from a discharge and a lawyer is able to advise and represent you. A criminal record is likely to have harmful consequences in several areas of your life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A criminal record resulting from a criminal conviction makes finding employment much more difficult. Furthermore, a criminal record may constitute an obstacle to staying employed. A person may be dismissed when the offense is related to their work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A criminal record can also limit an individual&#8217;s ability to travel to another country as well as to insure their residence and vehicle.\u00a0 A landlord can also refuse to rent accommodation to a person who has a criminal record and this is not a ground of discrimination recognized by law.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some examples of offenses for which it is possible to obtain a discharge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Assault<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Assault with a weapon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Uttering threats<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Voyeurism<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Publication of an intimate image without consent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Indecent acts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Causing disturbance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Trespassing at night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Causing bodily harm by criminal negligence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Criminal harassment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Assaulting a peace officer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Sexual assault<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Dangerous operation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Failure to stop after an accident<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Theft<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Drug possession<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person who pleads guilty or is convicted of an offense for which the law does not prescribe a minimum sentence or which is not punishable by imprisonment of fourteen years or life imprisonment may benefit from a discharge. &nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,29],"tags":[49,46,47,48],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-law","category-legal-chronicles","tag-conditional-discharge","tag-criminal-record","tag-discharge","tag-unconditional-absolution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1462,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions\/1462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/votredefense.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}