R-Rated Saginaw Case Raises Question Of Efficacy Of Sealing Record In The Age of Internet Search Engines

A Saginaw youth who put semen into a breath mint drop bottle distributed to his fellow high school students has pled guilty to adulterating a food item (yes, his lawyer failed to convince the judge that the case should be dismissed because breath mints aren't food). An MLive story says that his record likely will be sealed. Which begs the question how helpful to his future sealing the record will be in the face of Google and national coverage like this.