Werner caught hiring felons banned from driving, including a convicted kidnapper as student drivers

Hilarious! I'm warming the butter.

 

Who gives a crap. This country was founded on violence and bloodshed. Nah seriously though, if we don't allow someone to get a job due to a mark on their record, how can we expect them to turn their lives around without? Why are you scared of someone earning an honest living? Stop focusing on a few bad examples to promote hysteria. We also should consider those men and women who are railroaded by a corrupt court system. Our courts are known to let murderers free if they have money to pay for it. I'm thinking of OJ who beat a double murder essentialy bribing a corrupt court system. You can bet your sweet butt there are folks on the opposite end of the spectrum. Men who were falsely accused and convicted of felonies they didn't commit. If we keep a banning felons from getting jobs, we are dooming countless men and women from ever overcoming their past through hosest work.

 

I'm all for giving people second chance, however sharing a truck with someone who has a criminal background I am personally not a fan of. I ran both my trainers through LexisNexis before I even got on their truck. I already had their first last name and their phone number. I knew exactly what he looked like, finding them at the terminal was easy however I pretended like I had no idea who they were, just kind of let things fall into place you know. I figured if I'm going to be sharing a truck with this guy for a few weeks at a time, I'm doing a little digging myself. Luckily both turned out to be really cool dudes, my second one I talked to quite often still we're on the same account and bumped into each often at the DC or truck stops

 

How about death sentence, somebidy shoots someone and kidnaps their kid should get death sentence.

 

Maybe the recidivism rate is so high due to felons not having jobs

If true, he should be ashamed and I understand your concern. Just don't let emotion cloud your judgment. No matter how bad he is, precluding felons from the workforce is not the answer.

I'm assuming you're not a psychiatrist so I'd caution you about diagnosing someone's mind unless you're a professional. [/QUOTE]

You may be correct. I'm not sparring with you about this particular incident. You seem to be intelligent and justifiably upset by his alleged actions.

The only problem I have is your initial post casted a long shadow on the issue of hiring practices. You attempted to connect dots to draw a relationship between one particular egregious felon and unfairly criticized a company for giving him an opportunity to change his life around. It's not the company's fault he opted not to take it. If he chose to go back into crime he has no one to blame but himself.

At least he had a legit opportunity to be productive and self sufficient.

Unfortunately, after this situation and others, it's becoming increasingly difficult for felons to get hired. The company you mentioned no longer hires felons. I know because I applied and they won't touch me. I have a felony from 1999 resulting from an incident in which I was assaulted by three men and another in 2016 for possessing a firearm. So if anyone has any suggestions on getting a job I have hazmat tanker 3 years OTR no ticks no accidents.

 

Marks you off Christmas list. Just say no to being a creepy Internet crawler. Sometimes you see things that aren’t real.

Run me through LexisNexis. And you’ll wonder how I manage to go back and forth across the border, North or South. Ever