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

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On 4/10/07, Greg L. Boykins wrote:
> 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!