User:Lysander/Felonies

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Why people make such a big deal of having a felony conviction, I don't know. There are felons everywhere. George W. Bush was a felon (cocaine possession); he just didn't get caught. The Beatles were felons (LSD possession); they just didn't get caught. In Virginia, pickpocketing $5 from someone, or stealing $200 in merchandise from a store, is grand larceny, a felony.[1] As the U.S. v. Knox case showed, possessing a video of girls jumping around in leotards can be considered child pornography, a felony. So, why do employers make such a big deal about whether the person checks a box on an application saying they've been convicted of a felony?

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