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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 72 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Thirty-four time convicted felon AND a SERIAL CHILD RAPIST

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

And a murderer. In the Epstein files he literally participated in an infanticide

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

I'm not religious, but from the definition, the guy is actually evil.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] catboy_slim@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Florida allows felons to vote.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Nah. We voted to have civil rights restored after sentence was served, but the government did an end run around the people (as usual) and said, "you mean sentence served and fines paid, right?" Then immediately started imposing fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars, really unimaginable amounts, so that it was impossible to ever finish paying them.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe in local elections, but I always thought the whole point of the "FElon"title is to say you've committed a FEderal level crime, and therefore have certain rights stripped, such as voting and owning a firearm (notably, two tools that basically only affect people who don't have huge normal power like political or financial).

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Felon" just means they committed a felony. It doesn't need to be at the federal level to be a felony. It's just a more serious level of charge than misdemeanor.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Hmmm, worth looking up...

Per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony):

A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious.[1] The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resulted in the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods, to which additional punishments, including capital punishment, could be added;[2] other crimes were called misdemeanors. Following conviction of a felony in a court of law, a person may be described as a felon or a convicted felon.

In many common-law jurisdictions, such as England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, crimes are no longer classified as felonies or misdemeanors. Instead, crimes are classified by mode of trial as indictable offenses, triable by jury, and frequently requiring a grand jury indictment, which are usually more serious, and summary offenses, triable by summary procedure without a jury and are usually less serious.[3]

In some civil law jurisdictions, such as Italy and Spain, the term delict is used to describe serious offenses, a category similar to common law felony. In other nations, such as Germany, France, Belgium, and Switzerland, more serious offenses are described as "crimes", while "misdemeanors" or "delicts" (or délits) are less serious. In still others, such as Brazil and Portugal, "crimes" and "delicts" are synonymous (more serious) and are opposed to contraventions (less serious).

Surprisingly white/Europe centric, but still interesting.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I can only speak to US law, but state level felonies exist. Individual states have their own felonies that may vary state by state.

Which should be enough to explain the difference.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Felony" has nothing to do with "federal", completely different etymologymies and meanings. A felon could be a state felon or a federal felon or both, it just depends which statutes they're convicted of breaking. "Felony" is just a degree of criminality, higher than misdemeanor.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He raped more than children, equal opportunity rapist

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This comment gives "white lives matter"

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 19 hours ago

Pointing out a technically true but similar but different issue that waters down the original message - it absolutely does.

I'm certain this wasn't their actual intent, nor did they mean anything remotely like malice, more just to, like they responded, make a joke.

But my pointing it out I think is important, to correct our own problematic language, which heavily influences how we think and affect others. My correction was harsh, and could definitely have been clearer. But I do stand by the notion and the correction.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Apologies, not my intent. Making bad jokes as usual.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

I appreciate you apologizing on that, thank you. I can probably be less harsh, too, so sorry for that.