Editorial: A bill O?Malley must veto

Published March 30, 2007 4:00am ET



When does a criminal stop being a criminal? After his or her sentence is served, right? Wrong.

Prisoners released into the community must face their poor choices all of their lives. Many leave prison with no job skills. On top of that, few people want to give them jobs or rent apartments to them, reformed or not and regardless if the past crime was smoking pot or shooting somebody. Criminals surrender a wide array of rights and privileges depending on the crime.

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