Should felonies be like points on a driving record?

Drug possession, sure. Selling or distribution, no. Any violent crimes, no. Any attempt of violent crime, no.

Drug possession and drug use should not be felonies in the first place

No, they should remain on your record. Your future employers and partners have a right to know.

Me as a felon who hasn’t been in trouble in almost 8 years with no violent crimes believe that i should be given another chance. Yes i made mistakes but they were all drug related. I think that if the “offender” gets some type of therapy and learns how to handle life then it should be forgiven if they are willing to take random drug tests. I’m almost 5 years sober from everything. I was an emotional user but once i started i wouldn’t stop. But this last time i got sober, i was done, i wanted a better life. Now that better life is hard to achieve because I’m pre-judged based on my past.

Definitely for drug possession and drug use because it can have an affect on your driving.

I think a better alternative would be to give them the felons the option to work it off their record somehow. Like if they did so much community service or went through a process to show that they have changed their life

Hmm... depends on the felony. It's so broad. But yeah, I think for low level, non violent crimes, people should get a break after a set period of time. I mean why are get basically telling people you made one dumb mistake at 20 and now it will haunt you forever until you die!Like a friends sister was caught and arrested with some weed at like 19/20. Like a pretty small amount. But we are seriously saying that this one thing should have to be brought up like when she is 50? Its almost ten years later and it still there of course and she has nothing else. I personally do no have a record, never been to jail, never had anything with the law except a couple of speeding tickets. But like I think its crazy we are basically creating an unclass of people for small crimes!

Honestly yes they should. The purpose behind convicting someone like that is to not only ensure public safety but to REHABILITATE the behavior. For me all crimes with the exception of murder, rape, sexual abuse crimes any child molestation etc. should be eligible for exspongement. Having a felony record can be very damaging to someone who is trying to get their lives right. A lot of companies will hold something against someone (esp minorities) that they did YEARS ago even after completing courses to stay in track and to me that’s discrimination. If someone can create a completely new safe life why should their record hold them back from becoming more successful? If they have proven themselves worthy to complete the proper rehab courses why should they continuously be prosecuted for their mistakes?People need to understand why people commit certain crimes. Yes there are plenty of people who are just assholes and shouldn’t see the sunlight ever again, but there’s still ALOT of people who are just victims to their environment too. Sooo let’s start to consider them more than focusing on the menaces to society

I think a record it exactly what it is, a RECORD. Saying something comes off it like it never happened doesn’t seam accurate. Many people are able to avoid committing any felonies at all, and should have that considered as an advantage to them for not breaking the laws. I believe it is up to an employer to be given all of the facts and then to say ‘well, that was 10 years ago’ for themselves.People with college degrees do not get to change their grades on their transcripts after a certain period of time.. that D in International Studies could be available for the duration of their life... but as they move further from school and gain experiences and work them selves up the actual transcript becomes less important to an employer in favor of experience and they only care to know the degree exists.... same thing in a lot of ways..

If there’s one thing I learned after getting away from my abuser it’s that just cos they don’t have recent charges doesn’t mean they haven’t been committing crimes. They could have no arrests for a certain period of time, that typically just means they didn’t get caught. I hate to be so pessimistic, I’m sure some people really do change but like... yeah. Esp cos if I start dating someone or smth I do a background check. I would be so much less safe if felonies expired like that, cos I wouldn’t even be able to know. Even some misdemeanors. Most domestic violence charges are misdemeanors. Even drug charges etc I want to be able to know. I’m sorry it follows them if they change but I also need to look out for my safety. Maybe I’m just paranoid tho