Re: Felonys, Misdemeanors, and Background checks....

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On 2/01/07, Marie G Huntley wrote:
> I totally agree with you Liz and mine has only been for 7 years. I
> have four kids and rasing them alone and going to school is hard
> as hell, but because of this bias world we live in and a judging
> world we fall at the bottom all the time. I am quite sure there
> are a whole lot of "CRIMINALS" working around the system. I truly
> do believe that in man's world its not what you know but who you
> know, but I serve a merciful and forgiving GOD and until he tells
> me NO!!!! I am goig to keep submitting applications. His word is
> the only one I need in life and it will never lose power. You keep
> going and watch how he fights your battle. Keep that faith and
> BELIEVE that all things through CHRIST are possible accroding to
> his riches and glories.
>
>
>
>
> On 1/12/07, Liz wrote:
>> On 12/09/06, PATRICK H SKALANDIS wrote:
>> I totally agree with you John. I lived in Fla for about 5 yrs
>> during my young adult life, 19,20. I will try to get to the point
>> without boring you with too much information.
>>
>> I was put into an uncontrolable situation that led to me getting
>> into trouble with the law and getting charged with a felony. The
>> guy that I thought I loved did a lot of sh*t that I didn't know
>> about. Needless to say I went down with him and the fall was
> hard.
>>
>> Up until this point I had never been in SERIOUS trouble with the
>> law. Sure I got the occasional speeding ticket, or wrote a hot
>> check or 2, but NEVER anything beyond that.
>>
>> I basically got into trouble because I trusted the wrong person.
>> That was my "mistake!!" The court didn't care that I was not the
>> one who had committed the actual crime, they didn't care that I
>> had never been in trouble with the law, in fact looking back on
> it
>> now, I don't think that the cops evened took into consideration,
>> or een cared about the affect that this would have on my Adult
>> life that I now live.
>>
>> Now, I find myself trying to explain this to employers. It's like
>> they don't even hear me. They don't even care about the fact that
>> I haven't had any convictions in the last 20 yrs. They just stop
>> listening to me once I say that I was convicted of a felony 20
> yrs
>> ago.
>>
>> I know that I am a good person, and I have a good heart. It just
>> really hurts that I have this cloud of lighting hanging over my
>> head that is following me for the rest of my life and when I am
>> out there looking for a decent job so I can take care of my
> kids,
>> it rains on me every time.
>>
>> I have even sent an email to the governor of the state. Do you
>> really think he replied? NO! He didn't.
>>
>> Did you know that if you write a hot check over $500/ the law
>> considers that Grand Theft, which is a Felony. Does that mean
> that
>> we should not trust that person, because we think they will steal
>> something? I don't think so. But Employers will do the opposite.
>>
>> There are too many uncontrollable circumstances out there that
>> could affect all of our lives in very different ways.
>>
>> I just pray for a safe environment to raise my kids in on a daily
>> basis, And I pray for a second chance, to be able to have a
> normal
>> life with a good paying job that I can feel good about(even
> though
>> I am still looking and haven't had ANY luck) and not have to
> worry
>> about the rain soaking me too much along the way!!! :0)
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely
>> Liz
>>
>>
>>> On 7/13/06, DALE LEE SHATTO JR wrote:
>>>> On 7/04/06, John wrote:
>>>>> Here is my opinion about criminal background checks. If a
>>>>> person has made a criminal mistake in their past and paid
>>>>> their debt to society, they need to be set FREE (Truly
>>>>> FREE) and not oppressed by society for the rest of their
>>>>> lives and continually held accountable for past mistakes.
>>>>> I AGREE.
>>>>> A criminal background check (employment, housing, etc...)
>>>>> on an ex-offender only serves to oppress and discriminate
>>>>> against these people based on their past mistakes. If
>>>>> they have paid their debt to society, then LET them go
>>>>> FREE! Truly FREE!
>>>>> I AGREE
>>>>> Everytime an ex-offender cannot find work, housing, or
>>>>> licensing for a profession and better way of life...he or
>>>>> she is placed in a desperate life situation. Depression
>>>>> and Anger fills them. If this person finds him/herself
>>>>> without hope of a better future or any future for that
>>>>> matter, then you can most assuredly expect the CREATION of
>>>>> More criminal activity, more hatred towards an unforgiving
>>>>> society, and a SKYROCKETING repeat offender RECIDIVISM
>>>>> rate in our national prison systems.
>>>>>
>>>>> If ex-offenders cannot find decent work, housing, or a
>>>>> better life after their release...what GOOD is their
>>>>> FREEDOM..???? What good is their life! SET THEM FREE!
>>>>>
>>>>> GIVE Ex-offenders BACK their rights to live! Stop holding
>>>>> these people accountable for the rest of their lives for
>>>>> past mistakes (not a damn one of us is perfect or has
>>>>> never sinned), and give them the TRUE FREEDOM to better
>>>>> their lives without fear of the oppression and
>>>>> discrimination that comes from looking into their
>>>>> backgrounds and holding this against them for the rest of
>>>>> their lives. How UTTERLY RIDICULOUS and WHAT A TRAVESTY!
>>>>> That is NOT JUSTICE, that is OPPRESSION! And when hope is
>>>>> finally lost in the souls of these ex-offenders, you are
>>>>> CREATING Criminals, NOT rehabilitating them!
>>>>>
>>>>> You think about that!
>>>>>
>>>>> Judge not and condemn not, lest YOU be judged!
>>>>> The merciful shall obtain Mercy!
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a higher power to listen too and obey than the
>>>>> biases of mankind and His name is God Almighty whom this
>>>>> nation was founded UNDER.
>>>>>
>>>>> FREE those who are wrongly being continually oppressed and
>>>>> give the Lord a mightly flood of justice and mercy towards
>>>>> those in trouble, in need of help, and who are poor.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am pissed off and angry as hell at what I see going on
>>>>> around me with ex-offenders and with myself.
>>>>>
>>>>> Unless things change, society is going to see an EXPLOSION
>>>>> of criminal activity, until rights are restored to
>>>>> oppressed and discriminated ex-offenders!
>>>>>
>>>>> The whole sitaiton is PATHETIC and I am deeply ashamed!

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