can anybody suggest how criminal conviction will NOT ruin one's life?
538037
Why SHOULDN'T it?\n\nYou do the crime, you serve the time and pay the price. These are the reprocussions for the individual's CHOICE to do criminal activity. We are the only ones responsible for our actions, and we have to live with the consequences. I will not lose sleep if a criminal cannot get a job as a manager of a bank.
810194
Studley is 100% correct. \n\nI too look at reports daily and have yet to see a criminal item such as a felony. \n\nI often see traffic tickets, child support, tax levies but never a felony or criminal record.\n\nThey do have the right to report them though. \n\nNow, stay out of trouble; you wont need your credit if you end up in prison. Life is too short for all that B.S!
1160090
You cannot stop crime. No matter the consequences, people will exercise their free will. What can you do? Do not support anything gang affiliated i.e. slang, clothing, attitude. Make it unacceptable in your life. That doesn't mean your safe from it, but if you don't support it in any way then you help the problem. And if it means your life give them no respect. Buck the tiger.
1093378
All criminal convictions last forever.\n\nSome states have provisions for expungement while others do not.  Even those that do only expunge a very few convictions, and rarely a felony.\n\nCA does have expungement procedures.  The rules are complex; you need an attorney to sort this out for you.
101003
Absolutely! Everyone in this world has one life to live, and if for someone reason you see a reason to break the law and cause problems then you'll end up sitting in tiny prison cell waisting away part or even all of your life, what a way to live. You can miss out on all the great things in the world while in jail, once a this hits a prisoner don't you think they couldn't think of a worse punishment; other than death or sometype of injury. As for murdoc's thoughts.. An eye for an eye makes the world blind.
633507
We stopped capital punishment many years ago in this country (UK).  The result has been that murders are on the increase every year, as a 'life' sentence can see a prisoner released in as few as six years with good behaviour etc.\n\nThe absence of capital punishment, in my belief, discriminates against the victim.  With the advent of DNA fingerprinting, the chances of convicting the wrong person for a crime should be 3,000,000:1.  Unfortunate if you are the 1, but far more likely that you would be in the 3,000,000 - unless, of course, you committed the crime....
648226
Absolutely.  Finding a job is the hardest part.  If the conviction comes up in the interview, and it will most of the time, be honest and frank about it.  If the boss wants to be a total dickface about it, and they will most of the time, then screw 'em.  Usually dickfaces find something to be a dickface about anyway.  That's how dickfaces operate.  Basically, call the conviction a learning experience.  And it doesn't have to be flipping burgers or cleaning toilets. Pick a trade... Electronics, auto repair, landscaping... and work your way up like everyone else.
63356
There are a lot of programs out there, that will help you with this particular issue. But first maybe you should consider retraining or perhaps school. Having knowledge and experience in your chosen field often outweighs any previous conviction record. Consider Truck Driving.
34527
Well, I guess this is something you should have thought of before you decided to become a criminal.  As for getting approved after four months, it's pretty simple.  Don't cause any problems while you are in prison.  Take a prison job or get job training if it is offered.  Whether or not you get paroled is up to you and the actions you decide to do while in there. And comprehend that you are in there because of something you did, do not try to make yourself out to be some victim jailed for no reason.
836948
That is how law defines that, if you were tried in a common pleas court, you could try to appeal your case, if that doesn't work, you need to try to get though it, after all :if you cant do the time, don't do the crime! I work in a police office and since you have been sentenced to rehabilitation, your stuck with it. I hate to say it, but there really isn't anything you can do, but appeal.
1057231
You DON'T need to commit a crime to survive. You can job a new job or two, get help from homeless and religious organizations, get  free or inexpensive counseling from the hospital or the county health department, and  food from food banks and non-profit organizations.\nIt's all out there for you. Start looking. Good luck.
425133
First, please go back to school and learn how to spell and type in concise sentences.\n\nThe laws on the books like murder, rape, robbery and so on…are only prejudice against the criminal.  If you do not break the law, the law will not be prejudice against you.
103167
What you're forgetting is that tomorrow it could be you.  If you were accused of a crime, should we not give you any rights, just throw you straight in jail?  If you're just referring to people who have been convicted, which rights do you mean?  They don't have many.  You do have to remember that unless they got the death penalty, they are going to return to society some day.  You don't prepare someone for that by putting them in a hole and telling they they're not a citizen anymore.
399148
You don't. You would get caught sooner or later, the feds would see to that. You would then get prison time and a Dishonorable Discharge which will follow you your entire life. Do your time, get discharged honorably, and then move on with your life.
287614
you should be ready fo your conviction ,im sure you will get convicted,or get another one
249995
Yes, this is hard!!! I have two people I care about locked up...one serving life for something he did not do, the other awaiting trial and it sucks rocks....one thing that keeps me sane is this place http://prisontalk.com/forums/\nIt is a support and information community for people with loved ones in the system. Check it out.
872682
Without a conviction it means nothing you have to be convicted of a crime for it to matter.  A warning is nothing.