Yes, depending on what the felony was for. Wouldn't work with a murderer, rapist, pedophile, peeping tom, or anyone that attempted to do these things.
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YES!
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live learn, move on hun. You made a mistake, now go ahead and learn from it and live your life to the fullest!
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I would and the posters are right, it all the depends what they did. Plus if this person did something when they were young, is called being young. Remember you were young at one point remember all the crazy SH!T you did!
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Yes I would, if the person really wanted to be a productive person in life. It wouldn't matter what the conviction was. That's being judgmental other wise. But if the person only had one offense it would make me think more that person screwed up then became better. But the sad fact is employers here won't hire unless it's been 7-10 yrs so good luck to you.
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^ STOP lying! You probably stole the crap and blamed them!
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I have employed felons and most appreciate the second chance and turn out to be great employee's. Got to have good interview skills to weed through the bullshitters.
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i had a felony on my record for 3 years for something i never did. i was in my own car and got pulled over, the people in the car in front of me bailed, i did know the people(small town) and since i knew them i was charged with larceny of an automobile. took three years to get it off my record...
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yes
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I already have, and felons are not much different than anybody else. A lot of the people who make a big deal about working with convicted felons are people who simply were lucky and never got caught!
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And if the ex-felons were on welfare and food stamps, then the people who "Don't want to work with ex-felons" would complain that "Ex-felons want everything handed to them." You can't have it both ways!
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I think a non-violent felony offense should be expunged from your record after three years and reduced to a misdemeanor.
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^^ op here: very true, it cost $33k to tax payers per inmate per year but in IL they only need to be there 61 days for the state to get the money. and most of that money comes from the fed govt. I'm a better person, only thing missing now is a job. but fact is i'll be on the streets in a month because I can't get a job and am out of money.
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Obama?
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Believe in second chance
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YES!
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YES!!!! some times you have to give some one a chance to prove themselves, so the have a chance for a better life!
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yes, people do change, especially in a place like jail.
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op here: Well it seems like the majority of people are ok with working with someone who has a felony. But so many employers will not hire them when really most of them just want to live normal a stay out of jail...... like me.
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^ What is ur felony?
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i'm 1 of tha nicest guys you could meet, yet i lived n a small town n got a felony 4 breakin n a car as a teen. i've met alot of people without felonies and most r worse than felons. a felon will at least tell tha truth. So glad I moved.
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i would regardless of the felony.... people make mistakes and some do try to move on. i can think of a very personal example...
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Sure, if you want a chance to pay taxes and contribute to society, why in the heck wouldn't we want you to? It beats the $29,000 (give or take) it takes in taxpayer money to incarcerate you each year. A job plays a large role in getting felons on the right path. Hopefully you will be more successful than the majority.
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I would feel comfortable working with someone who committed murder, but I would not knowingly work with someone who had committed a sex crime. They tried to transfer a sex offender to be my assistant during my last assignment and I had him promptly re-routed.
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none of my business. try it some time
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Why, if we are really interested in protecting children and not just playing to scared voters, not have registries for drunk drivers, murders, arsonists, and drug dealers? "Common sense" declares more children are messed up by drug dealers than by sex offenders. Then, we should restrict drunk drivers from living within 50 feet of a car and drug dealers from living within 1,000 feet of any potential customer.
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What if the felon has more than one family and isnt supporting the 1 he abused and abandoned 4 the other family that arent even his biological kids?
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You wouldn't necessarily be told if someone was a felon, unless it was a sex crime, and there are a few of those that were wrongfully accused, I've known one, and have heard of others. Disguisting b****es that will go to extremes just to ruin a man and keep him from knowing his own kids.
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6 you are kinda right, you wouldn't know. in most states employers cannot tell that about their employees it's a privacy issue by law in most states. But yeah I know someone to who was wrongfully convicted as well. Everyone knows he didn't but cops/DA's only care about arrest/convictions. nothing else.
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