I jumped from I think patch 1.33 to 1.41 and now have these problems

1st I'm now wanted for murder in skalitz, rattay, and the mill. I made a point of avoiding criminal activity around rattay, aside from 2 quests that involved the executioner but did not involve murder. I've only committed murder in sassau and skalitz. In sassau, when I started the game, there was a bug that dropped my reputation to -100 before ever going there, so I practiced my rogue skills there a bit (pickpocket, lockpicking, and a little stealth killing) because might as well. I also murdered all the guards in skalitz during the prologue. I actually got my reputation in the positive before the recent patch mostly going through the story. After the patch, it seems after about half a day in-game time my character is wanted for murder in those 3 areas out of nowhere. I can also say with certainty that weeks of in game time have passed since committing crimes.

2nd I can't persuade the guards. I have persuaded them in past versions, even over murder. The most recent check had my speech at 20, my cha at 19, reputation at 100 and the check fails, I also have the advantage on the other checks and they fail.

I've been avoiding prison and would like to keep my run prison free, so these bugs are a major nuisance.

Edit: also, there's no fine option