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    We are a film production company making a theatrical release documentary on the criminal justice system. If you have ever been convicted of a non-violent felony or convicted of a crime fraudulently that resulted in probation or prison time, please contact us. We want to talk to non violent felons who are finding it nearly impossible to secure high paying jobs and exclusion from health related fields in college because of mandatory background checks. We have interviews with well known defense lawyers who think that a life time felony record equates to a handicap in the same sense as the laws that protect certain classes of individuals such as gender, race, even specific classes as in military or nationality. In most countries, a criminal record is erased after the term of sentence. We are also looking at how young pretty female sex offenders almost never receive prison terms whereas older females and middle aged males almost always receive hard sentences. Several of our stories concern individuals who were arrested, convicted, and served long prison terms for crimes they never committed. And others who were on death row and narrowly escaped for crimes they never committed as well. There are some who weren't as lucky and were killed despite being innocent.

    We are also looking for individuals who have served long prison sentences in which they were exonerated by DNA analysis.

    Please contact us thru our web site: www.kineticimagefilmgroup.com
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    You want examples which illustrate the conclusions you formed prior to investigating your thesis?

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    ......We want to talk to non violent felons who are finding it nearly impossible to secure high paying jobs and exclusion from health related fields in college because of mandatory background checks. We have interviews with well known defense lawyers who think that a life time felony record equates to a handicap in the same sense as the laws that protect certain classes of individuals such as gender, race, even specific classes as in military or nationality..............

    Make this [quoted] part of your piece especially educational. For at least two reasons that come to mind directly: A) The consequence of thinking about the aftermath of your "non-violent felony" before committing the deed(s), and B) this is a SELF-INFLICTED handicap that in no way equates to any other handicap you point out and most likely will never be a 'protected class'!

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    You want examples which illustrate the conclusions you formed prior to investigating your thesis?
    We are simply writing a story based on facts. We realized going into this there would be a certain amount of resistance from the public in wanting to believe that these things are happening. Plus, there is a tremendous amount of money involved in this niche system which is a strong economy in and of itself - which also lends a feeling at least to us, that lawmakers do not want to rock the boat (change the system) for fear of disrupting this money making machine.

    We will leave it up viewers to make their own decisions. And isn't that a documentary should do? But when gaze into the eyes of individuals who have been snared and brought into the system, tried and convicted, sentenced to long prison terms only to be found innocent decades later, you can't help but feel a need to tell their stories. As Gerry Spence once said of the Ruby Ridge murders by federal law enforcement, what happened to the Weaver family can happen to any one of us at any time. And indeed it has.

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    Make this [quoted] part of your piece especially educational. For at least two reasons that come to mind directly: A) The consequence of thinking about the aftermath of your "non-violent felony" before committing the deed(s), and B) this is a SELF-INFLICTED handicap that in no way equates to any other handicap you point out and most likely will never be a 'protected class'!

    Yes. Thinking about doing right is always the best case scenario. If people would stop and ask themselves if this is the right thing to do before doing the deed, we would all be better off for sure. Our story is mainly about individuals who have been arrested and convicted of crimes they never had anything to do with. Along the way we are exploring the deluges of the U.S. criminal justice system as it stands. When you have inequalities of justice based on economic factors, it stands to reason that a story is here to tell. In most countries, when a sentence is absolved, the debt is considered paid to society. In America, that sentence by way of your criminal record stays with you forever (in the case of felonies), thus never being absolved and thereby creating the stance of a life sentence for most individuals who wish to better their lives. Is this really fair? You can argue both sides of course. But when you look at the legal factors along the way that resulted in someone getting convicted of felonies you can see a pattern that is going nowhere fast. There simply is not enough time, money, and courtrooms to take every single case to trial. So the result is most felony cases absent of capital sexual battery and murder, never go to trial and pleas are entered. Most individuals would rather take a plea of probation to avoid a prison sentence. But when that happens something is lost. The system needs to be rehabilitated. And there is a certain amount of intimidation in the legal system anyway. When an arrest is made there is already a prevailing notion of guilt, in that if the person was truly innocent he or she would have never been arrested in the first place.

    In most states including Florida where we are located, universities and colleges prevent individuals from pursuing certain healthcare majors simply based on a felony criminal record even though that felony had nothing to do with healthcare. We have an interview with a lady who was convicted of felonies arising out of the hurricane that swept thru Homestead years ago. She wished to pursue a medical degree but was stopped at the front door purely on the basis of her felony record. Her situation is mirrored by countless others as well.

    The problem for us is how to condense thousands of cases into a two hour movie.

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    It is understandable that an academic program would not want to accept somebody who will not be able to get the required license upon graduation, in order to enter the profession. It's better to find that out before you go through (and pay for) an academic program than after you get your degree and find out you can't work.
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    As Gerry Spence once said of the Ruby Ridge murders by federal law enforcement, what happened to the Weaver family can happen to any one of us at any time. And indeed it has.
    Don't people ever get tired of pointing to Ruby Ridge and Waco, and pretending that they are somehow typical incidents? Now the FBI bears responsibility for misinforming U.S. Marshalls as to the dangerousness of Randy Weaver and his family, and the authorization to shoot any adult was inexcusable, but still... Most people don't commit weapons violations. When caught, most people face their offenses rather than fleeing from justice. When fleeing from justice, most people don't take their families along. When taking their families along, most fugitives don't hole up in the woods with a bunch of guns. When holed up in the woods with a bunch of guns, most fugitives exercise discretion before getting into a firefight with U.S. Marshalls. After getting into a firefight with U.S. Marshalls predicated upon mistake or misunderstanding, most fugitives won't continue to hole up with their families and force a standoff that puts their families at risk.... So no, it really couldn't happen to anybody. It requires a series of exceptionally bad choices, which most people would not make.

    One reform I favor, although I'm not sure that any state has given it the time of day, is to abolish the "felony/misdemeanor" distinction for specific offenses, and to apply that definition based upon the sentence given. For example, you could apply the term "felon" to anybody who received a custodial sentence of two years or more (or, if you want it to be more expansive, to anybody who is sentenced to serve time in a state prison), while classifying offenders who receive only probation or jail time as having committed misdemeanors.

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