What rights to felons not have?

[SquirrelNuts]

I am sure many of you are familiar with the dog situation I am in. I did some research at the Superior Court today, and the neighbor who owns the dogs is a felon. On November 18, 2001, he was arrested for trying to sell 451 g (close to a pound) of marijuana and did six weeks in jail. He was ordered to pay $2k in fines at the rate of $100 per month. He never payed the fines and wound up in jail for another month in April 2003. On September 26th, 2004, he woke his wife up, and asked her for money for drugs. She refused and he pulled her by her hair and punched her in the face. He did this in front of the kids, btw. That was strike two. I cannot tell if he did any time for that, but she took out a restraining order against him. I have photographic evidence of him doing something that would certainly count as a third strike towards his probation, and probably land him in the can for another visit.

I had originally considered that he owns the dogs because he is a felon and cannot legally own firearms. What else can he not do as a felon in Georgia? I know he cannot vote either, but what else?

-Robert

 

[Taurus 66]

He cannot work any government jobs requiring security clearance. I work right now at such a facility, and let me tell you, working for the government is better job security than anything else out there. Pay and benefits are excellent too. So getting felony rap has many drawbacks.

 

[SquirrelNuts]

I would imagine that he cannot get a job handling money. Not even working at a grocery store, gas station, or fast food joint. He is and has been unemployed for the past few years anyway, unless you count pharmacutical sales for glaucoma patients.

 

[Taurus 66]

Let's move away from the drug talk here and focus on how a felony can limit a person's full potential. This is the main topic, right? Another problem felons face upon parole is that whenever specific crimes occur in or around the neighborhood, the police check their list and question (or detain) the felons first. What a hassle.

 

[1911 guy]

Reading between the lines

I might be wrong, but I infer from your question that you think you have evidence of him doing something prohibited by his felon status. My two comments are: What is the action, some of us don't like to guess and the second is are you just being a nice guy by not turning him in or are you aiding and abbetting? With an ongoing investigation and trial focusing around this guy you don't want to even appear to have any ties to him, "medicinal" or otherwise. Drop a dime on him now. My opinion.