[AdamSelene235]

I think around 3-5% of American males are felons

12% of Americans are now felons according to The Economist.

Incidentally, the definition that Scalia uses for felon is: A serious crime punishable by death.

Less than half of the Americans convicted of felonys ever serve time.

[wardaddy]

12% of Americans are now felons according to The Economist.

If that is true and I have no reason to doubt you.....then if one removes children and 90% of women from that pool(since they commit a mere fraction of crime)...then I would guess my surmisal of 3-5% is low by nearly 100% or better.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Incidentally, the definition that Scalia uses for felon is: A serious crime punishable by death.

At the time of the Founding Fathers.