As a result, when they were charged with obscenity a second time, their previous convictions meant that the new charges were considerably more serious.
The activists called those convictions "hollow victories" in one regard because no higher-up managers faced repercussions, but they did have some effect by leading to reforms on farms.
Its primary purpose was originally not to assist in identifying criminals, but to prevent criminals from concealing previous convictions from the police, courts and prisons.
