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Old 01-02-2016, 09:30 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by mineistaken View Post
Employers "punish" applicants for many things (past, appearance etc etc). Why should this be excluded. It says something about a person as well.
Yes, but it also follows people their entire lives. It means a stupid kid or young adult can never have a real chance at fixing their life..

The moment someone checks that box saying they have a felony, even if it was 20 years prior means they likely will not ever get a "decent" job. IMO it should still be aloud for say 5 years, like it's still ok to ask if they have been convicted of a crime in the last 5 years.. That's reasonable but if you expect to rehabilitate people and make them useful members of society then at some point you have to forget their past and actually give them that second chance...

The current system in this country just keeps people as criminals their entire life..
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