how can I erase my felony conviction ?
348644
In most states in order to erase a felony conviction:\n\nAfter staying out of trouble for five years you can apply for a pardon. Get your lawyer to ask that you be sentenced under the first-offenders act. Under the first-offenders act you can ask the parole board for a chance to clear your record and have the document sealed.
843934
If you live in the U.S. that felony charge will follow you all your life.\n\nDepending on the felony and if it is the only conviction you have you could contact the Clerk of the Circuit Courts office and obtain papers for an expungement or contact an attorney to d this for you.  In most states this is a 'one time' repreive so clean up your act.
532410
forget those idiots.  I have a felony and I can't get a job, cant vote, and finding a place to live is almost impossible.  (I have felony for smuggling in tabacco in a penial institution)  they concider tabacco a narcotic. Anyways you can file for an expungement.  Which means you can clean ur record after 3 or five years after you serve ur time, whether it is corrections or probation.
733990
To have a federal felony record you must have been convicted at a court marshal.  Don't listen to what these other poeple say.  If you were given an administrative OTH then you are not a felon.
451448
Federal law allows persons convicted of felonies in a federal United States district court to apply to have their record expunged after a certain period of time with a clean record. However, the U.S. Congress has refused to fund the federal agency mandated with handling the applications of convicted felons to have their record expunged. This means that, in practice, federal felons cannot have their records expunged. \n\nYou may also check with your local State laws.\n\nGood Luck!!!
599178
Doesn't matter if they read your rights or not, that will only get you out of any incriminating statements you made... Do you have a record of any kind?  If not try to get a plea deal for probation and have the charges reduced to disorderly conduct.  What area/city/state are you in?  That makes a big difference too.  If you do get infront of the judge explain how you just graduated and weren't thinking right and you know you made some bad decisions and other crap he wants to hear... and dress nicely...  Theoretically you could get jail time and have your license suspended (in PA 6 mo for posession and another 6-12 for underage alcohol...)  but, like I said, if you have a clean sheet, and your look nice and act nice and make sure the judge knows how sorry you were you should get off with a tap on the wrist... a year or two of light probation and a fine... remember though, if you get stuck with posession it follows you for the rest of you life as a drug conviction, so do whatever to get that reduced...
516619
You will have to get the charges expunged to be free of this in the future also. This is a part of the computer age, with credit checks and criminal background checks. People discriminate legally all over the United States with this process. One with a felony drunk driving may have a 10% chance of being employed for getting drunk. I personally don't believe in drunk driving, but some of the States are punishing people into poverty. This also another way to control, and remove Americans from the voting process. Your going to have to live with your own choices I am afraid, and remember there really is no forgiving and forgetting after a conviction nowadays.
318742
The Governor from your State has to grant it for you. I have known of narcs getting that done to clear their records in my State. My City has a prosecutor that is a Republican felon. He was able to get the Governor to pardon him somehow, it was snitching everybody says.
737717
Being convicted of a felony or move out of the USA and denouncing your citizenship.
317246
you dont, unless you can bargain real well with a lawyer, other than that i suggest stop drinking, or stop driving after you've been drinking...as far as i know a 3rd offense is a felony and felonies are punishable with a minimum of 1 year in prison
775201
Generally once you have a felony conviction you are prohibited from owning modern firearms. You can apeal to the BATF to have your right to own a gun reinstated.
293037
any misdemeanor and felony convictions you have had
142781
There's no point in it being lowered to a misdemeanor by the judge if it is still on the record as a felony.  No, in terms of job applications and the like, once it is reduced to a misdemeanor, you can treat that as if it had been a misdemeanor all along.  (I may be on shaky ground here in states other than California, and I must tell you I am only a legal secretary, not a lawyer.)  \n\nAs to having the thing expunged altogether, you will need to ask specifically what that means, because my common sense view is that it may be a record remains with the term "expunged" after it, rather than literally being erased as if it had never happened.  The same may be true of reduction from felony to misdemeanor in the records of the jurisdiction, but you would be justified in believing you had the right to say you do not have a felony conviction on your record.\n\nIt is a difficult point to predict accurately, because different circumstances could make a difference.  I say, treat it as if it were always a misdemeanor, and fight for your right if someone challenges you on it.  That is, say "I did not lie.  I believed I was correct in this.  I believe that in fairness it should be as I say."\n\nGood luck!  I like the part about keeping your nose clean, and there ought to be some rewards for doing so.
309135
If it is a juvenile conviction, there are quite a few options. They are laid out in the first site below. If it is an adult conviction, only certain felonies can be expunged and only after 3 years. The exact details are in the second site.
1167969
This is a question I get from most anyone who's committed a crime -- how do I make it so nobody knows about what I did?\n\nThis question is normally followed up with the most asinine facts.  Without fail, here are the facts: 1)  I am a good person; 2)  I have never been in trouble before; or 2) my record is clean (which implies that this is the first time the person has been caught; 3)  I was convicted of a FELONY; 4)  I don't want this to have a negative impact on my life.\n\nTo this I have a standard speech response.  First, as long as you pay me, I will be your advocate.  However, there are only a few limited situations where you can negotiate to have your criminal record expunged.  Having a record sealed is, to my knowledge, not possible unless you are a minor.  Second, if you've already been convicted, your odds are substantially lower of me being able to do anything about your record.  If the record is to be protected from public eye at all, that needs to be part of the plea negotiations BEFORE conviction.\n\nFinally, think about this from a public policy standpoint.  Getting your record cleared is monumentally difficult (and in most cases impossible) for a reason; we want you to be shamed.  We want this to affect your life.  We want this to suck in every way imaginable.  That way, we can be assured that you won't commit a crime in the future.  If your record could be cleared so easily, then you would be much more inclined to commit a crime in the future.  You need to be ashamed of what you've done.  The only way to ensure that is to put your record out there to the public.  Sorry if this is difficult for you or has a negative impact on your life.  Next time, don't commit a crime.
172240
You can obtain the legal degree, but as a convicted felon, you would not be able to be a member of the American Bar Association(ABA), and most states tend to follow the ABA direction in rules matters.\n  Additonally, it would be extremely difficult to get an ABA accredited Law school to accept you with a felony conviction.  Perhaps it is possible to have the felony expunged from your record.  \n\nSpeak to a licensed attorney to explore the possible avenues.
376484
In the State of Ohio, felony convictions cannot be expunged.  The expungment process is a one time deal, costs ($500  - unless the price recently increased) and is only good for misdemeanors.