Well, there really isn’t such a thing as an Ex-felon, is there?
My bad.
Sure there is. An ex-felon with a couple hundred grains of lead distributed throughout his cerebrum.
“Felons” are defined as persons old enough and convicted of any “crime” punishable by confinement for 1 year or more in the state prison system. Not all felons are the same. Some are violent, some are non-violent and unfortunately these days some are plain crazy and the prison system serves as the mental health facility . Some felons make non-violent mistakes, possess pot, etc., when young and never reoffend. Today, such non-violent offenders must carry the stigma of “felon” the same as a child murdered/rapist or mass murderer. I ‘d say that this Arkansas/Washington individual was more in the classification of a “criminally insane” psychopath/sociopath/psychotic and should have been medicated and locked away for life in a mental institution (just like was previously the practice before PC took over). It is not logical to put all “felons” together in the same basket. You’d be surprised how many cops got pardons for felonies to get the jobs they have now.