[Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?

[Richard Santalesa]

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.  

 

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 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2203713) and it’s a recipe for ultimate discontentment, distrust in the law and distrust in the process of justice. 

 

From: Ipg-smz [mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org] On Behalf Of Dana Blankenhorn
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 9:39 AM
To: ipg at satchell.net; ipg-smz
Subject: Re: [Ipg-smz] Facebook to hire ex-felons?

 

We have made a felony conviction a life sentence. 

 

I don't know why we don't see that as a problem.

 

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.

 

My great-nephew was sentenced, at age 19, to 15 years hard time.

 

He'll neve have a life. He might as well be dead.

 

And this happens, routinely, to thousands of people, every day.

 

An incredibly high percentage of these people are African American. 

 

Most of my neighborfs are African American.

 

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. 


Dana Blankenhorn
http://www.danablankenhorn.com

 <http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/> http://investorplace.com/author/danablankenhorn/

http://seekingalpha.com/author/dana-blankenhorn/articles

 

 

 

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 9:32 AM Stephen Satchell <ipg at satchell.net> wrote:

On 3/31/19 8:43 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:
> True. Also male. I'm well aware those attributes influence -- or
> determine! -- my perspective and interactions. And I live in a
> relatively upscale and safe area of a safe and economically sound
> county. And I was privileged being born into solidly middle-class life
> in NYC. I've no illusion that any of this is universal and deplore
> various inequalities in this country. And I'm sure that less fortunate
> people can see a different side of law enforcement. My point was simply
> that generalizations may fail and I don't think the people I've dealt
> with look for ways to trick/trap/incriminate people. In fact, Fairfax
> has multiple diversion programs where police are mandated to first
> consider ways to avoid criminalizing certain actions.

Then there are other views:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

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