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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Reynolds’ paper is well worth reading, especially for journalists who cover activities that involve federal prosecutors or law enforcement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>WR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Santalesa<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 1, 2019 9:55 AM<br><b>To:</b> ipg-smz@netpress.org; ipg@satchell.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I agree totally. In days of yore we had the “frontier” where people could go west to remake themselves after running afoul of society in the east … often with success. Now we live in a zero tolerance world while simultaneously expanding greatly the range of offenses that are deemed felonies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Then add these to the “Ham Sandwich Nation” we’ve created and allow to continue (See, “Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime,” Glenn Reynolds, available at <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2203713">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2203713</a>) and it’s a recipe for ultimate discontentment, distrust in the law and distrust in the process of justice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Ipg-smz [<a href="mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org">mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dana Blankenhorn<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 01, 2019 9:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ipg@satchell.net">ipg@satchell.net</a>; ipg-smz<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have made a felony conviction a life sentence. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I don't know why we don't see that as a problem.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have a great-nephew. He joined the army. He got a duplicitous girlfriend. She left her hyperactive toddler with him. He dropped the kid. The kid died.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My great-nephew was sentenced, at age 19, to 15 years hard time.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He'll neve have a life. He might as well be dead.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And this happens, routinely, to thousands of people, every day.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>An incredibly high percentage of these people are African American. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Most of my neighborfs are African American.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Lifetime felonies are something that strike me personally. They make me angry. They're also an economic waste. We're treating people in this country the way we treat the Earth. We're trashing them. <br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dana Blankenhorn<br><a href="http://www.danablankenhorn.com" target="_blank">http://www.danablankenhorn.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://seekingalpha.com/author/dana-blankenhorn/articles" target="_blank">http://seekingalpha.com/author/dana-blankenhorn/articles</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 9:32 AM Stephen Satchell <<a href="mailto:ipg@satchell.net">ipg@satchell.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>On 3/31/19 8:43 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:<br>> True. Also male. I'm well aware those attributes influence -- or<br>> determine! -- my perspective and interactions. And I live in a<br>> relatively upscale and safe area of a safe and economically sound<br>> county. And I was privileged being born into solidly middle-class life<br>> in NYC. I've no illusion that any of this is universal and deplore<br>> various inequalities in this country. And I'm sure that less fortunate<br>> people can see a different side of law enforcement. My point was simply<br>> that generalizations may fail and I don't think the people I've dealt<br>> with look for ways to trick/trap/incriminate people. In fact, Fairfax<br>> has multiple diversion programs where police are mandated to first<br>> consider ways to avoid criminalizing certain actions.<br><br>Then there are other views:<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE</a><br><br>-- <br>Ipg-smz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">Ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><a href="http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org" target="_blank">http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>