[kools20]

I to have had that very same problem 35+ yrs ago i was found guilty of a felony charge class D the lowest of charges what was it for you might ask (possession of a forged instrument) a drivers license?
My license had been revoked for a few yrs I contacted the DMV to find out how or what i had to do to get it reinstated I was informed my license had expired and i would need to bring ID and take all tests and pass a drivers test which i did. I passed all and was issued a new license about a month later was pulled over for what was said a bald tire ( another story) cop new me and ran my license thru computer when it came back clean he said somethings wrong here i told him it was just issued well he had me follow him to headquarters and after what seemed like a couple hours he comes out saying i got ya now and says my license is still revoked, so even though i did as i was told i still ended up getting screwed now here it is 35+ yrs later and that one conviction still messes up my life as far as a place to live or a job. Now i could understand if this charge was for any kind of domestic violence, battery,abuse, or other kind of violent crime, But come on a drivers license. I have heard of getting a felony conviction explundged off your record but all the lawyers i have contacted seem to know nothing about this. So here i am 50+ yrs. still serving time for something i did when i turned 18.
And yes i know i probably will get the a**holes that will have rude and obnoxious comments but I'm also sure there are some people that can see that some rules as far as felony covictions should be changed.

[olecapt]

There are certain requirements of adulthood. You have to be able to pierce the nonsense that keeps you from a goal.

There are at least a few hundred lawyers in Las Vegas who can fix such a problem. There are dozens to thousands wherever it happened.

You pay a lawyer a reasonable fee and he fixes that sort of thing. If you have not been arrested in 30 years it will be a piece of cake.

[tijlover]

I've read hundreds of true crime books, over the years, and unfortunately, we're only reading of the stupid criminals who got caught.

The smartest one rarely, if ever, get caught. Perhaps they did their homework, and read every new true crime book that came out.

And many of those people are living right next to you in an apartment building or in a gated housing community.

What's the statistics on murder? Nationwide, Only 65% of murders are ever caught.

So there's a 35% chance your wonderful, smart neighbor could be a murderer.
And not a felon.

[Sea2LV2Hou]

Originally Posted by tijlover

I've read hundreds of true crime books, over the years, and unfortunately, we're only reading of the stupid criminals who got caught.

The smartest one rarely, if ever, get caught. Perhaps they did their homework, and read every new true crime book that came out.

And many of those people are living right next to you in an apartment building or in a gated housing community.

What's the statistics on murder? Nationwide, Only 65% of murders are ever caught.

So there's a 35% chance your wonderful, smart neighbor could be a murderer.
And not a felon.

Uh can you cite your source? I seriously doubt the nationwide closure rate on murder is 65%...

[tijlover]

It all depends on the city, county, state. In some areas with an abundance of homicide detectives and with a low murder rate and higher taxes to support a beefed-up police force, the percentages will be more lopsided, like 80-90% of the murders solved.

In a big city with a reputation for being a murder capital, like Miami or Detroit, where homicide detectives are so thinly stretched over way too many cases, the percentages can go higher on the other end, with fewer murders solved.

In a smaller city in the South, with a much thinner police force, thinner amounts of money to hire more homicide detectives, this can skew the nationwide results.

The statististics I've gleaned are from various sources in the true crime books I've read, notably the famous Seattle true-crime writer Ann Rule.

She has claimed, more than once, perfect crimes are committed every day in this country.

I really don't know the statistics for Las Vegas, its rate of solving murder cases.

Of course, high profile cases are always given priority. A middle class woman murdered in her home in Summerlin or Spanish Oaks, or a tourist in town, will be, naturally, given priority over someone murdered on Main & Owens. And so many true crime books revolve around high-profile cases. But not all.

[Valentinegirly]

I will agree the Stupid person who replied calling your Friend Stupid, need look in the mirror. Actually there are Many SMART Felons out there, who had their Felony sealed or Expunged and so now they are not only Felons but Felons who lie about it. And probably living next door to the guy who think Felons are Stupid. OJ gets away with Murder...your friend cant rent because of something he did at 13...what a world we live in.

[modhatter]

Well, I am the softy and don't believe people who committed a crime in their youth should not be punished for the rest of their lives. Now if you tell me this crime was committed when the individual was 35 yrs.old and not 17 yrs. old, I may think different. It is a tough call. Ten years clean should mean something too.
Young people can be a victim of a very bad environment growing up. But some, luckily learn right from wrong as they mature and can turn into good citizens. Making their lives forever difficult for one stupid mistake is not conducive to helping a person change and prove themselves worthy.

[tortoise]

Budget Suites appears to "welcome all" . . but a few of those residents are also "in the news" occasionally.

[jet757f]

Wow some judgmental people on this forum.

[BBMW]

I've toyed with buying rental properties. The one thing I'd do would be VERY thorough background screening for tenants. One of the categories of people I wouldn't rent to would be convicted felons. There are enough non-criminals out there that I wouldn't feel the need to trust convicted criminals with my property.