Muck raking.
Let's look at the Sihareth case. Charges were dropped. That means no conviction. Not even a trial. Not found guilty of anything.
They consider that a "criminal record"?
Phaugh!
First thing I thought when I saw the slug in today's
Infernal-Constipation was, "Not surprising." Then I saw some of the things they used to classify a criminal record and my reaction changed to the same as yours. Par for the course at the Atlanta fish-wrapper, though. They shoulda started printing it on yellow paper a long time ago.