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

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On 9/28/07, cindy williams wrote:I TOO HAVE FELONYS AND NOW AN
DESPERATELY TRYING TO CHANGE MY LIFE. I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD
DO TO CHANGE MY PAST.
> 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!