Thread:Aramirtheranger/@comment-26084195-20161108221055/@comment-26863727-20161203050824

It means you've been imprisoned or otherwise punished before (obviously the death sentence can't be one). It's kept as a record, but it won't affect your sentence unless you have done a certain crime a certain number of times.

I also know that this isn't a country, and we don't need a 4,000 page book detailing hundreds of minutiae and discussing loopholes.