Do you think that jobs shoudnt bar you from employment with them just becouse you have a felony conviction?

Answer:
I think it should really depend upon the job, the felony, and the circumstances behind the felony. Not everyone convicted of a felony is actually and factually guilty of the felony. Why should an innocent be punished twice? For that matter, why should someone who was rightfully convicted of a felony continue to be punished for that felony, once their debt to society has been paid?

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YES

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Employers have the right to demand anything they want from the person they want to employ. If a person doesn't meet their standards they are not entitled to employment there.

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Run spell check.

A felony conviction generally indicates a problem. Past performance is the best indicator of future performance.

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Why should they hire someone with a felony conviction when there plenty of people looking for jobs who don't have a felony conviction?

If you have a felony conviction, you screwed up. Live with the consequences.

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If you had a business, would you hire someone out of the can who was doing time for larceny, burglary or robbery? Would you expose your best clients to this guy? Would you want to be "forced" to by some equal opportunity law?

In the old days..the judge gave criminals a choice.. go to jail, or join the Armed Forces. Now the Army doesn't even want them.

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What type of job? Or is that the point?

yes, I do.

First of all, if it is a private industry job, they should be able to make that determination.

Gov't job, depends on the position, and the responsibilities. The recidivisms rate of felons is a higher rate than the crime rate of non previous offenders, which justifies this.

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NO! They have the right to choose if they want to employ a criminal!

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i think it's okay for them to discriminate against those who have been convicted of extreme acts of depravity.