Posted on 02/20/2007 3:44:25 AM PST by Brilliant
Me and and my 'stupid' experiences with ex cons...
Hehehe.....lol
You are correct.
Depends. Some felons are career criminals, and some just overreacted in a fist fight or got caught holding a bag of weed. Some are felons because of a moment of stupidity, others have been rehabilitated, and others will never fit into the mainstream of society.
What's left out of the article is that most states have a fund to help felons find jobs -- what they do is underwrite liability insurance, to reassure employers that they're not taking a huge financial risk by hiring ex-cons.
Ok..what do you propose we do with ex-cons?
Start felon factory
I offer no solutions. You defend them.
No I didn't defend them I defended helping them find jobs.
Do you employ them or simply enforce this absurdity on others?
I can't even begin to comprehend your question. Enforce what absurdity? And no I don't employ anyone but I do work with prisoners and know several who have 10+ years of good citizenship.
I know at least as many.
How many do you hire?
Keep in mind the trend to make lots of things felonies. Carry a can of mace in your glove compartment in Michigan, even one that is 20 years old? A five year felony. Accidentally cover up a "wetland" on your property? Felony. Do I even need to start on the potential for "hate crimes"?
Not saying don't be wary of someone with a felony record. Just pointing out the trend for legislators to criminalize more and more of us.
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There's a woman here in Northern Virginia who is being charged with a felony for throwing a cup of ice at another car while stuck in traffic. It happened on Interstate 95, and noone was moving (so to consider it a potentially dangerous traffic incident is a stretch). She is being convicted of hurling a missle at another driver.
"GEORGE: I didn't know he'd get fired.
JERRY: He'll probably kill his family over this.
GEORGE: What if he's waiting for me outside? He pointed at me! Did you see him point?!
JERRY: A lot of ex-cons become busboys. They seem to gravitate towards 'em.
Last time I checked, time machines weren't invented.
Seriously, I understand your point. And truthfully, probably 75% of felons commit another crime, but I think this article is aimed at the 25% who honestly really have changed their lives and wish to "move on."
There was a time in America where you did your time and your debt to society was already considered paid - now a felony is a lifelong sticker that a person can't shed.
What about a guy who got into a bar fight with some jerk who was hitting on his girlfriend, and beat some guy up, and got a felonious assault charge? That's the whole premise of the movie Con Air but it does happen. The character in that movie is NOT a bad man, he is in fact a pretty good man.
LOL!!
What do you mean? Do you mean how many have I helped to find jobs? I told you I'm not an employer.
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