no matter what he does I will always be indebted to him for signing the bill. I also am in the position to not jump the gun and publically convict him every time someone makes an accusation and that I owe him at least a fair shot at defending himself which is only fair in America.

We just selectively choose who to believe, quozzel. You choose to believe those who say what you want to hear and believe and I have that same attitude. At least I have a legitimate reason.

My son has been straight as a poker before trying to fill a prescription for oxycontin. He got hooked when an old family doctor decided to prescribe pain meds and antibiotics for chronic ear infections rather than send him to an ENT. He was 8-9 at the time. We parents had no idea what pain meds could do. By the time he was 15 he had manufactured dozens of issue which could be solved with pain meds.

In case you're talking about those who have robbed, raped or murdered, the background check reveals their offense(s) and allows the employer to weigh the crime. My son was half a young life from breaking the law.

If someone commits a crime with no intent to harm someone else they should only bear the law. Expecting someone to leave prison and not be able to use his ability to earn what he can is wrong. That puts them back on the other side of the law instantly.

Hang them in court then acknowledge that they've paid their debt to society when they leave prison. That's how this is supposed to work. The framers of our constitution had no idea we'd have national databases which track such.