Reply #37: Because not all of them are vermin. [View All]

[Occulus]

Some are/were convicted of "sex offenses"- like public urination- that have nothing at all to do with sex. Others were set up by someone vindictive, as my post above shows.

Still others were convicted for political reasons- in the Oakland County point system used for public defenders, for example, the way the system works places it in the defender's financial best interest to secure pleas. This point system also influences judges- like the infamous "Jenny Jones" judge, whom my husband appeared before immediately after that trial- to do certain things for political reasons.

Some of these people are not "vermin", and don't belong on any list at all; being on such a list also prevents them from getting jobs and homes, even after their criminal sentence has been served without incident.

I personally would like to make it illegal for employers to ask the felony question. That might go a long, long way toward reducing recidivism.