Reply #8: The concept people were having

[Occulus]

a hard time wrapping their heads around on the other thread I posted is that, being a hig-risk felon, well, not even fast food will willingly take him. I think his only option might be under-the-table stuff.

Factory work is totally out of the question, as ALL factories in our area hire via temp agencies, and they've stopped taking people with even misdemeanors (yes, I checked that out.... they really do that here). He's been told, point blank, that he could apply at Agency X, but there is NO chance he'll be considered for a position because of his record.

Like I said in the other thread, he's going up for an expungement hearing next year. There's a very good law office here in town that has told him it's a slam dunk once the time limit has passed, I think that's three or five years after the date of his conviction. They told him he had the lightest probation terms they had ever seen for a sex offender in over a decade of practice. His chances of that happening are extremely good, if we can just survive for that long.

So, yes, there is hope that this will all one day be behind us. It will only take time, but DAMN.... waiting is awful, awful hard.