Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
by technick on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @07:54PM
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I'm mostly on board with your proposal as I've seen a felony speeding conviction stop a friend from getting tech jobs over 5 years after it happened. His situation would have been totally different if he was caught 2 weeks before, it wouldn't have been a felony but the state arbitrarily changed the law. He didn't wreck, cause a wreck, or wasn't participating in street racing.
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Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
by bombcar on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:17PM
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In a case like that it may be worth the cost of the legal fight to get it expunged.
Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
by jdksmdbtbdnmsm on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:16PM
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>In a case like that it may be worth the cost of the legal fight to get it expunged.
That is presuming they could afford that cost. The effective purposes of the system are to keep the lucrative private prison industry flush and to maintain what Karl Marx called an "army of surplus labor" to keep wages low.
Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
by hyperbovine on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:04PM
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Was he endangering the lives of others? Was it his first time?
Re:Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?
by smsm42 on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @09:14PM
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Wow, a felony? I know in a number of states you can get a misdemeanor for bad speeding, but a felony without harm, or endangering or dui or anything likd that sohnds extremely heavy. Which state is that?