Summary Of We Are All Criminals By Emily Baxter

We are All Criminals was founder by Emily Baxter who’s aim was to change the law and get a second chance for her clients with criminal history. She said that “one in four people in the United States have a criminal record and four in four have a criminal history” because of that many citizens have lost the privilege to obtain a job, government housing, getting into schools and voting, ect. It is hard for people with criminal record to get their life back and whereby others committed the same crime are walking freely and doing what they want. Emily mentioned that all of us have committed a crime as some point in life which we were never caught. For example, speeding on high way or on a regular road, taking office supplies from work, texting

and driving, and driving under the influences of alcohol. In one of her speeches she said there is no equality in the criminal justice system. She a scenario that black and white individuals use and sell drugs in the same way, but black individuals are far more likely to get stop, search, arrested, charge, prosecuted and convicted. She said that when people get out prison that is when the real punishment kicks in because nobody gives them a second chance for them to proof themselves that they have change.
I agree that people who have criminal record and have paid their debt to the society by completing their sentences should have all of their rights and privileges restored. Their pass discourages them from seeking a job and depending on individual, may even push them back to the life they use to live. Employees should focus more in the skill and check box on application should ban.