A record like that follows you your entire life. what employer would spend another second to find out what kind of record it is when you put down you're a convicted felon?
My ex-boss had a drug offense as a minor and the case was dropped but when he traveled aboard, it showed in their database.
what's their next addition... should we live in a concentration camp and each of us have a number tattooed on our forarms? maybe chemical castration so they can make sure we don't procreate?