“The judge, Frederic Block of Federal District Court, said that the broad range of such collateral consequences served no “useful function other than to further punish criminal defendants after they have completed their court-imposed sentences.”
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time or accept the consequences for your actions.
The New York Times puts up a sob story of the hard life a convict faces.
Never mentioned is the damage done to the victim.
I bet Judge Frederick Block never considered that angle worthy of his attention.