17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> writes:
"Convicted Felon" is a permanent legal condition, a title with permanent social effects.
Weren't all felonies capital crimes initially? A hungry little boy convicted of stealing a loaf of bread would hang. Some time later the felons were given a choice of going to the gallows or to Australia. A convicted felon freed after a jail sentence is a fairly recent invention. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps