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To: templar
The nature of felonies that requrie imrisonment aside, this is well under 1 in 100 residents. Not bad, all things considered.

The definition of felony is slipping. I have a friend who is a felon because his dog jumped a fence and chased a deer. Naturally he has lost his right to bear arms.

~11% of Americans are convicted felons but less than half of all those felons have been incarcerated.

The original definition of "felony" (and the one Scalia uses)is: A serious crime punishable by death.

14 posted on 04/06/2003 4:39:45 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear....)
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To: AdamSelene235
The definition of felony is slipping. I have a friend who is a felon because his dog jumped a fence and chased a deer.

That would be one of the more serious of modern felonies :(

Actually, I would bet that the vast majority of Americans have committed or will commit some kind of felony during their life without ever even suspecting it. The charge of felony is becoming meaningless in determining the genuine seriousness of a crime.

25 posted on 04/06/2003 5:45:04 PM PDT by templar
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