UkeleleEric on Nostr: not just those cautions, though. Someone can be landed with a lifelong criminal ...

not just those cautions, though. Someone can be landed with a lifelong criminal record just because, after a youthful indiscretion, and persuaded by police to accept a caution, they find that, 40 years later, they are still turned down for a job. All cautions should have an expiry date.