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by dragonwriter 2950 days ago
> These two situations seem a bit too close for such disparate legal outcomes.

Well, other than the fact that pretty much everything else the government does relating to criminal law enforcement and the penal system is also very illegal for private parties, your description oversimplifies the expungement process to make it more similar to what MugShots.com does outside of the “by the government” part.

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Fantastic point!

"Chasing down people, binding them and holding them against their will for large periods of time (imprisonment)"

State has exclusive monopoly on violence.

and that's why I'm an anarchist