They then ran back to their cars and drove the speed limit the entire way home, terrified over what had just happened. Felonious. And at that, he began to fall apart.
enterprise or if they're felons and they lose the right to vote and the right to access usually that also goes hand in hand with access to decent jobs because no one wants to hire a felon . These are enormously important factors in economic growth; you lose a unit of economic productivity in economic terms for the life of that person and yet you still have to support that person at a public hospital, you still have to educate their children, I mean it's a real loss to society.
there once a week and her waitress this day is Glinda the home girl been there done that tattooed been to prison parolee felon she doesn't know who Diane Keaton is so she's taking her order and Diane Keaton says well what do you recommend and glennda rattles offer the three blood deals that she likes the best and
That's what you think about a felon . A felony is stealing a Chromebook, an iPod. That is how people are being disenfranchised and get scaled.
I'm from Seattle. In Washington state, there was this amazing example where in the state's prisoner management system, the Department of Corrections was releasing thousands of felons early for a decade because they had a bug in their code that miscalculated sentences and they didn't know about it. And even after they were told about it, it took them three years to fix it.
of a Reluctant Missionary." The book tells a story of how as a 19 year old Mormon missionary in Canada I came to be arrested and convicted for felony mischief. Before I talk a little bit about how the book came to be written and published and read a couple more short excerpts, though, I want to offer two disclaimers.
But after two or three times, I got it. A felony. So the National Organ Transplant Act makes it a felony for you to sell me your kidney or for me to buy your kidney.
And we told the story, a much different story about a girl who climbed in a car and had no more control over that car ride than you or I. And because of that, because of that the felony murder law is wrong, because it allows people to be held liable for crimes that they had no intention or no desire to commit. And that I posit to you is part of the call to action to this book that I've written here today. It's a call for the abolishment of the felony murder law. There are thousands
The low idea is around the dinner table, like what's going to happen? And all of the felonies, and all of those things that every family has. We have four felonies in our-- Not every family, Jeanine.
And all of the felonies, and all of those things that every family has. We have four felonies in our-- Not every family, Jeanine. Our family's not-- All right, maybe it's just Long Island.
and the reason that you laughed is that no one, no criminal, or actually most criminals, do not do this calculation. People perform felonies, mostly street felonies, meaning violence, break through and such, because of a variety of reasons, and rational decision making is the least of.
It's because they're addicted to drugs or alcohol, or because they got caught up in being very excited, so they made a felony. It's a variety of reasons, and people do not calculate.
And what it turns out in this particular case, and this company is called North Point, in this particular case is, the Caucasian man on the right, who actually had a felony conviction already on his record, was at a 70% rate less predicted-- so the black man was basically predicted with a 70% higher rate to commit a crime again than the white man.
While the change could save New Yorkers millions of dollars and hundreds of days in jail time, cash bail can still be sought in instances where a felony is charged. And this burden can be especially difficult for a low-income family to bear.
mention that, although they are permitted to read, on the same week, the president, the Supreme Court, decides that I'm put on trial, eventually facing 12 felony counts, 115 years possible sentence. And Pete Williamson, who was bringing me up here, said he was 11 when this happened.
And we got prosecuted for doing this in 2003 and 2004. We were facing felony burglary charges. This is Sarahjane Blum.
So if you think about what that means, the algorithm, if you've trained on a lot of historical data, what it will do is given a new set You have a felony to your name, often, so you it's hard to get a job.
States that had felony level penalties for dog fighting, and anti-dog fighting laws in general, states had anti-cock fighting laws with felony level penalties.
But after two or three times, I got it. And it's a felony in the United States.
And that's the second call to action and the second lesson of the book. Is let's abolish the felony murder rule. We're one of the only countries left in the world, democratic societies, that still has a felony murder law. It was a remnant of English common law from the 16th century and England has banned it.
What if he's a convicted felon ?
We've been conditioned to think about felons as people who have killed 10 people, smiled, and taken a picture. That's what you think about a felon . A felony is stealing a Chromebook, an iPod.
I'm an advocate for convicted felons , because one of the things that they struggle with after they've paid their debt to society
So that first half is your felonies, murder, manslaughter, home invasion, grand theft sunflower seed.
I'm a woman with a felony conviction.
but the people who are actually going into prison are most of the time for medium range felonies. So if it's a really low felony, you will usually not go to prison. But kind of like the medium range is the vast majority of people in prison who just change.
We're talking about breaking into apartments, like in small numbers. We're talking about drug felonies. We're talking about battery and assault in a really low key.
"have I ever been convicted of a felony" very early on in the process that removes a lot of people from being considered.
If I ask you right now, what's a felony, what would you say? What's the technical definition of a felony? Give me an example of a felony.
What's the technical definition of a felony? Give me an example of a felony. Breaking and entering. Breaking and entering.
That is wild. We've been conditioned to think about felons as people who have killed 10 people, smiled, and taken a picture. That's what you think about a felon .
And she's like, OK. So from mapping all the felony theft amounts across the country to how much prison phone calls cost to all the contracts for ICE.
And she's like, OK. So you can know the felony theft amount in your town.
This is Sarahjane Blum. She and I were facing felony burglary charges in New York. I was getting a master's degree in DC at the time in modern American history.
I'm being charged with a felony, with inciting a riot, and I'm facing a five-year maximum prison sentence
They then ran back to their cars and drove the speed limit the entire way home, terrified over what had just happened. She was charged and convicted with a felony possession of controlled substances.
and a very small number with felony cruelty.
And it was actually my third felony arrest that I was in for that time.
I got convicted of three more felonies.
I ended up-- I had four felonies.
So I go from four felonies to a 4.0.
Because if you get a felony for some drug charge, it decreases the likelihood that you will get a job, you can be
This is legislation that makes it a felony to videotape or photograph what takes place in slaughterhouses or feed lots
capital, but it is true that every human being that either dies an early death or is encouraged to or forced to work outside the mainstream economy in some kind of black market or criminal enterprise or if they're felons and they lose the right to vote and the right to access usually that also goes hand in hand with access to decent jobs because no one wants to hire a felon . These are enormously important factors in economic growth; you lose a unit of economic productivity in economic terms for the life of that person and yet you still have to support
prison that could be a felony now I think that's way I think that's Overkill I think that's going way out of bounds
And I simply answered I am a first-degree convicted felon .
"In Michigan, can a felon own a gun?" and, "Can you shoot an intruder?" are the top two most searched phrases.
So isn't that the kind of ironic relationship-- the felon and the judge.
a firearm those uh the sentencing guidelines for being a felon in
He was later convicted of a first-degree felony and served time to pay his debt to society.