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Question: If convicted of a drug related felony, what rights would be lost?
Answer: Felony conviction typically results in the loss of such civil rights as the right to vote, the right to hold a public office and the right to possess a firearm. Additionally, our right to travel, freely associate with others or engage in various types of business may be restricted by conviction for a felony crime. While some of these rights may be restored by the Courts after completion of punishment for the crime, some may become permanently lost.
Also, while not exactly civil rights in the true sense of the word, other effects of a felony conviction often include reduced employment availability and credit and housing restrictions, since many employers, lenders and landlords will not accept applicants who have felony convictions on their record.
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On 11/07/07
Havvy from NE said:
Why are voting rights taken away? That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever seen! Taking away the right to vote will make certain things that are currently illegal (such as marijuana) almost impossible to legalize because if anybody wants to do a test to see what they really do gets jail time. Not fair.
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On 10/24/07
evarae from MO said:
Almost 3 years ago I was convicted of a class b felony for selling one oxycontin pill. The first and only thing i ever sold and the only time i have ever been in trouble. I went to counseling, had to go to 2 na meetings a week, community service,bac once a week at 6 am-even until the day i delivered my son, i was in drug court for 13 months, probation for 16 months. My ENTIRE life was ruined by one pill. I have 3 kids and i cant improve my life. I was supposed to go to nursing school and now i cant even work in a gas station for alcohol and lottery reasons.
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On 11/06/06
Jolette from ND said:
I have a felony on my record and where I am living it is not too hard to find a job because most people around here know you on a first name basis. The thing that is hard is that I have to have proof that I pass UA's and treatment before I can even get into college. Granted I have been sober for three years, but I know that I am going to run into a lot of problems with this just because i broke the law and used an illegal substance. Maybe I should be an alcoholic and wrap my car around a tree... I don't hear abotu any of those people having a hard time finding a job.
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On 10/07/06
Page from FL said:
John from Texas. I think you should be ashamed to say that even though you committed not one but three felonies and then say Madd is a vigilante isnot right on your part. If you would have learned your lesson after one dwi maybe you could say you learned something, but obviously you have not. You were lucky you never killed anyone. You may have not taken a life but every time you drink and drive you threaten my life and anyone elses on the road and you do not have that right.
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On 06/26/06
jeannie from TN said:
I have been convicted of a marijuana felony, the sentence of probation was not as difficult as the life sentence a felony record gives. People make mistakes, it is very difficult to find a job, gain an education, or hold a state license. I believe that our laws should not strip a person convicted of a nonviolent felony after there sentence has expired and all required debt satisfied. This pratice of "have you been convicted of a felony" is determental to society as a whole.
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