An ex-felon is ruined for life. Working with young people, I have seen so many do something wrong when they are young and dumb, get convicted of a felony, do their time and get out. But it isn't over, they are now earmarked for the rest of their life. Shouldn't we have a limitation of 7 years, like a credit report, to where they are fully reinstated back into society? I don't understand how they can still be persecuted after 20 or more years. How could they ever become a productive part of society if society will never let them back up?
2006-07-14 09:21:36 · 6 answers · asked by Velociraptor 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
ok, say they were 21, committed armed robbery, hoever, it was because they were homeless, it was winter, there was documented proof that they tried to get help from every non-profit, welfare agency in the area, and was their only choice to get food to stay alive?
2006-07-14 09:34:07 · update #1
i think this depends on the crime. In a case of child molestation i think we should;t have a cut off. In a case of a kid just making wrong decisions it might work. There would have to be great rehab programs to insure the public that these are in fact corrected problems
2006-07-14 09:27:52 · answer #1 · answered by se_rollings 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason people are "earmarked" for life is because a lot of people know you can't really change a person. Most of the time when people go to prison they come out worse not better. The society inside the prison is all they know, there not going to come out "good". People don't trust the people because there more than likely to do the crime again.
2006-07-14 09:34:36 · answer #2 · answered by James 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I think after a certain amount of time if they have been good then they should have a clean slate but it also depends on how old they were when they did the crime and what type of crime it is. Murder and child molesters. NO.
2006-07-14 09:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by CHAEI 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There aren't any do-overs in real life. It sucks being born poor too.
My advice to ex-felons is to go into a trading business of thier own, or a yard service or something similar where no-one checks criminal records.
2006-07-14 09:27:49 · answer #4 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would all depend on what the crime was and the age of the felon when the crime was committed. If it was a violent crime, I would say no to having the record expunged.
2006-07-14 09:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree in part. It does depend on their crime, after all.
2006-07-14 09:28:32 · answer #6 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋