> Really, convicted of a felony, you're guaranteed lifetime financial insolvency?
This is actually flat out true. All large companies perform background checks and none of them will hire you if have any sort of criminal charges whatsoever. You don't even have to have been found guilty. This is called the "digital plantation" by one ex-policeman who wrote a book about it:
http://www.amazon.com/Arrest-Proof-Yourself-Dale-C-Carson/dp...
This is actually flat out true. All large companies perform background checks and none of them will hire you if have any sort of criminal charges whatsoever. You don't even have to have been found guilty. This is called the "digital plantation" by one ex-policeman who wrote a book about it: http://www.amazon.com/Arrest-Proof-Yourself-Dale-C-Carson/dp...