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Add some basic CSS to the site such as lightly shaded boxes for paragraphs.
The stark red and black styling defaults on chrome leave an unsettling impression.
As others have commented, your best practical course would be becoming an independent contractor and providing your services remotely.
If you provide your services as SD Consulting LLC it should open a few more doors.
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I appreciate that you have come to understand that any sex crime, no matter how minor, can do (and typically does) terrible psychological harm to the victim and anyone close to them. And you absolutely need to not ever do it again. But I'm a 52 year old woman who was molested and raped as a child and who spent years in therapy over that. I have read enormous amounts about what I would term human sexual morality and s…
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OP: Put your plea at the top to get the attention of people; "Unemployed family man ran out of money". Also, regarding interviews, if you're very transparent with people they can usually find a way past what turns up in your background check. To HN: Another felon here: One of the hardest things is living with this label. There's such a stigma around it. My offense is much different than OP, but it still sucks. People…
> but for every repeat customer of the courts there are 10 people who commit felonies once or twice and never do it again No, there aren't. Actual recidivism rates for felons are much higher, > 50% reconconvicted within 5 years of release from prison. There simply aren't ten 1-2 time felons for every serial felon.
I don't know what's the recidivism rates after the first release from prison, but if someone know how to get this info, I think it would be interesting.
good luck.
That really sucks that you are having so much trouble! I technically have a felony non-violent drug possession charge on my record, but it hasn't caused me any problems since I switched to software from another field.I even got an entry-level position this year. I was never convicted (No Contest or something similar), am having to go through unsupervised probation (basically I am in big trouble if arrested again but…
Now THIS is a felony that is 100% forgivable. You really, truly did nothing wrong and I hope all is going well for you. OP on the other hand...
I'm guessing that's the fraud bit.
Damn. I hope someone can give this dude a second chance.
Maybe there is an argument for a third chance? But a repeat offender is a repeat offender.
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> but for every repeat customer of the courts there are 10 people who commit felonies once or twice and never do it again No, there aren't. Actual recidivism rates for felons are much higher, > 50% reconconvicted within 5 years of release from prison. There simply aren't ten 1-2 time felons for every serial felon.
You need to take into account that multi-recidivist will be released multiple times, biasing the statistics. I don't know what's the recidivism rates after the first release from prison, but if someone know how to get this info, I think it would be interesting.