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Originally Posted by Bytor Peltor
Some overcome the obstacles and never see the inside of a jail again while others fall into the "repeat offender" category. Just because life is difficult after serving time, this shouldn't influence the amount of time one serves.
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the difficulty of life after parole should definitely be considered during sentencing, the longer the sentence the more difficult to recover. Nine years in prison will ruin anyone for life, but this is more rhetorical now and less specific to OJ. The issue has moved from Simpson to the fairness of prison in general.
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Employers don't hire people for all sorts of reasons......being a felon is just one of them.
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Being a felon happens to a significant obstacle to employment that can actually do things like pay the rent, and in many people's circumstances, take care of a family. This makes the convictions a kind of life sentence, which carries on long after release.
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NO - the felons I know haven't "automatically" been handcuffed when pulled over. They've been asked to step out of the vehicle and questioned, but so have I on occasion when being pulled over.
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Your friends are lucky, but here in town the 'felony stop' is a common, but often illegal, occurrence. The one-times especially like it because it is a kind of public humiliation, all the skylarkers around pay extra attention when they see folks getting searched with and cuffed and thrown in the cage. And then the imitation small talk cops try to give you while you are handcuffed in the back of their caged car staring at guns and bullshit is even more absurd, if these dudes tried to do that same shit without the badge could you imagine? It is simply rude.