Similarly, most defendants are laypersons with an imperfect understanding as to whether their case was dismissed in a manner that precluded the necessity to subsequently disclose charges or guilty pleas.

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Their review of psychological literature over the decades clearly points out that our understanding of ourselves is imperfect at best.

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