>Attitudes are changing quickly
Are they now? Tell me, which political party is planning on decriminalizing drug offenses?
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#292Earlier quoted context omitted.
Burglaries, armed robberies, stealing cars, dealing drugs. Did it all as a gang member of an East LA gang -- that's where I got started.
How did you manage to leave the gang life?
Got tired. Really tired. Asked God for help. He did -- can't explain it any other way. I tried to change many times before but always came back to my old life style.
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#294Former career criminal here. Spent 19 years of my adult life in a combination of jail and prison. Longest stint was for 14 consecutive years. Been working in IT for the last 17 years, mostly as a developer. Had a very hard time getting my foot in the door; was denied employment more than once because of my record. Not sure that my current employer is even aware that I have a record, and to be honest I have no plans t…
Don't you have to reveal that you're a felon by law?
I ask because we have a student in our CS academy who is in a very similar situation.
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#295Former career criminal here. Spent 19 years of my adult life in a combination of jail and prison. Longest stint was for 14 consecutive years. Been working in IT for the last 17 years, mostly as a developer. Had a very hard time getting my foot in the door; was denied employment more than once because of my record. Not sure that my current employer is even aware that I have a record, and to be honest I have no plans t…
Don't you have to reveal that you're a felon by law? I ask because we have a student in our CS academy who is in a very similar situation.
Depends on the state. In some, they aren't even allowed to ask (they have to run a background check to find out).
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#296>Attitudes are changing quickly Are they now? Tell me, which political party is planning on decriminalizing drug offenses?
Just because political parties haven't kept up doesn't mean attitudes aren't changing quickly.
In fact, if attitudes are changing fast enough, you'd expect political parties to be notably behind the curve.
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#297>Attitudes are changing quickly Are they now? Tell me, which political party is planning on decriminalizing drug offenses?
In addition to being needlessly snarky, you're effectively saying "progress doesn't count unless it goes all the way".
That's bullshit.
Attitudes regarding whether people should be jailed for substance abuse, and whether people are permanently morally tarnished for same, are loosening over time in the same way that gay rights, etc, have.
Just because it isn't the dem's top campaign promise doesn't mean it isn't making progress.
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#298I'm super-excited to see this. I really hope it works out. Thanks for doing it. Honestly I find how this country treats those with a felony record absolutely disgusting. The "Are you a convicted felon?" is a scarlet letter that never seems to disappear. While this might've originally been well-intentioned, IMHO it perpetuates criminality as I suspect what other choices do a lot of former felons have? There was (is?)…
yeah, Wahlberg's crime is an interesting case -- the kind of violent crime most people think merits a severe punishment. and yet, he's a wealthy movie star today. American justice, folks. oddly enough, it happened in Massachusetts of all places, a state i expect to take this sort of hateful crime more seriously. maybe it would nowadays. that particular violent attack happened a while back. regarding licensing: the ru…
Massachusetts...has always had a high incidence of racism. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_busing_desegregation.
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#299Hey Richard, love this idea. I firmly believe in the notion that once you've paid your debt to society you should be able to participate in society as anyone else would. That this is not the fact is atrocious to me. Do you need a remote full-stack programmer?
how is doing time "repaying a debt to society"? Seems to me incarceration is a proving ground to show you're no longer dangerous, _then_ one can begin to repay whatever injustices occurred?
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#300>Attitudes are changing quickly Are they now? Tell me, which political party is planning on decriminalizing drug offenses?
Unnecessarily bitchy defeatism aside, the answer to your question is the Democratic Party[1].
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/01/cory-...