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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 03/28/05
tonya from ID said:
I feel it is wrong that my fiance cant live with me because he is a felon and the state wont let him live with me but yet they will help him out with school and everything else. I know they did wrong but they are people too and they desereve a place to live and deserve to be with there family. I claim discrimination.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On 03/28/05
tonya from ID said:
I feel it is wrong for felons being discriminated against by the state housing. they need places to live to.
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On 02/28/05
Evelyn Johnson from MN said:
It seems to me that in this crazy state of Minnesota if you make one mistake you are penalized for the rest of your life. I am a single mother of four children. I have been convicted of a felony and now it is extremly difficult to get hired or even interviewed for a job. I never want to look back at doing another crime again, but at the same time what am I to do. My children have to eat and they have to have a place to live, I need income. But what am I suppose to do when no one will even give me interview?
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On 12/02/03
Thomas from CA said:
By your arrogant posturing I can tell that you just don't get it. I'm not a member of MADD, or SADD, or any of the other umpteen groups out there, but I did spend 3 days in an intensive care unit and nearly died as the result of a drunk driver. He had only had "a few" drinks too, and look where I ended up. Everytime you get behind the wheel of a car with even one or two beers, your judgement is impared, as well as your reflexes. You are playing russian roulette with your life and lives of everyone on the road, but the sad thing is that you probably won't get it until you kill someone, too.
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On 01/11/03
Sharon from WA said:
You are so right. Committing drug crimes - as an adult OR as a juvenile - is a serious mistake you cannot afford to make. My older daughter has been in prison 14 years (total) of the past 18 years. She is only 32 years old. She made serious mistakes. While her convictions were not FOR drugs, the crimes she was committing were to get drugs. Only one conviction was for possession and she got a lighter sentence with a chance for a real life at the end of it. She got sent back to prison yesterday for stealing a car from a drug dealer. NOT smart. Please DO NOT get started with drugs, it wi
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