Get out the vote!
So, before I look for work in Tulsa, what pays better, murder in the first degree or manslaughter after rape?
Perhaps... But then...
“Any kind of sex offense is pretty much just null and void,” Nelson said, explaining that most companies “if they do a background check, they more often than not are going to steer away from those folks.”
Get ready for your friendly repairman to be casing your house, raping and robbing you and your friendly newspapers and polticans to hide it and play it down. All that matters is that criminals are happy. We have been through this before.
Perhaps... But then...
“Any kind of sex offense is pretty much just null and void,” Nelson said, explaining that most companies “if they do a background check, they more often than not are going to steer away from those folks.”
And the honest law abiding citizen who can’t get a job these people are being helped to get one?
Although I’m not in favor of tax dollars being used for this sort of program, I do think the principle isn’t wrong. If we’re not going to keep everyone who has ever committed a crime in jail for life, then they have to do something - like get a job - when they are released.
Christian ministries that work with inmates and with former inmates have many successes - people who live productive lives and do not commit additional crimes. They also have some failures, but that doesn’t mean we can afford to write off everyone who has ever gone to jail.
“So...the family of a rape victim (for example) not only has to pay (through taxes) for the perp’s legal defense and prison housing/food/medical, but now also has the honor of paying for their job training and placement - starting 3 months prior to their release from prison.”
On the other hand, that felon will collect welfare, food stamps, live in a homeless shelter and will probably commit more crimes which will cost the taxpayer even more.
If they committed a crime and paid their debt to society, I would prefer they have work and try to get their life back than worry about the recidivsm rate.
Well ain't that just special?
Total nonsense. Better we bring back the death penalty, but with some modifications. All appeals end in three years, then carry out the execution with a wood chipper machine. I’d even let it be on cable TV.