Most ex-convicts don't have legal talents that can make them millions when they're released from prison, poverty breeds desperation breeds crime. If Vick were the same man minus football skills and had been working at a fast food joint, is there doubt in your mind that he'd be working just as hard to focus on and excel at his job?

I don't mean this as a dig on Vick, I really don't. I'm just trying to illustrate that him having very attractive options the moment he steps out of prison may help him on the straight and narrow, and that other convicts don't have anywhere to turn to... So they turn back to crime.

wow so what they say IS true...41 is the new 21?? kewl.

That's true. But that's not how it should be.

There are quite some starter jobs out there that one could take, but pretty often, having a criminal record holds them back. Something that shouldn't happen. And something that didn't happen with Vick.

Of course he's lucky that he's amazingly talented, but it's a nice example of what an ex-convict can do, when they do get a second chance.

And 30 is the new ...

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LOL! I don't see how I missed this.

+1.

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