Reply #63: I think you're right

[DTinAZ]

Such judgements cannot be secret, they must be on record

You'd think that any reversal of the original *criminal* conviction should indeed be public record, but IANAL. What we're being told sounds more like some sort of civil settlement, in which the records are sometimes sealed. If someone were exonerated of a criminal conviction, I'm pretty sure that some verification would be available.

DT