I am the one who hired Preston. Whatever he has done in the past, I have all the evidence in the world in front of me to assure me that he has a transformed heart. It is not a common thing to see, but here the fruits are clear.

We are happy to have him with us.

From your link:

> The defendant, Preston Thorpe, appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled drug with intent to sell

He may have done other things, but his conviction was for possession with intent, and that seems to be why he's locked up. It doesn't make anything else he's done acceptable, but in America he's innocent until proven guilty, and it doesn't seem he was found guilty of assault.

In my experience "drug-related" can definitely include serious violent crimes (some that can result in execution, or life without parole). Through my extracurricular work, I personally know a lot of drug offenders, and breaking their spouse's arm easily fits. I also know women that have drained their husband's retirement, people that have snorted their kids' college funds, mothers that have pimped their kids, and other stuff that would have a lot of folks horrified.

There's a reason people don't like drug addicts, and there's a pretty significant portion of the population that wants them all dead (except for my little Muffy, who was corrupted by her boyfriend, of course).

The Second Chance stuff is important. Surprisingly enough, Jaime Dimon is a big supporter of it[0].

I wish this chap well. The proof will come, when he leaves the structure of prison.

[0] https://www.jpmorganchase.com/impact/careers-and-skills/seco...

I don't know what to make of this document and claim, is that a report, an actual conviction? I don't understand it. It definitely sounds horrible in any case.

However, the point of a program of hiring or educating people who are in prison isn't to judge them. They are already in prison. 10years is a long time, so it's likely they did something bad and have been judged for it.

This is to give people who are capable and willing a chance to grow and integrate. From the little knowledge I have about this, it seems like this is very effective.

Thanks for letting us know, user that was created 5 minutes ago to write this 2 times in the comments.

He wasn't charged with injuring his girlfriend, and notably fled with her after that confrontation, setting off a national manhunt that led the TV news in the area.

https://apnews.com/general-news-d68dca63e95946fbb9cc82f38540...

Not to defend the author, but I think a more generous reading of this section from the blogpost:

> A brief summary is that I'm currently serving prison time for poor decisions and lifestyle choices I made in my twenties, all related to drugs.

Is that their poor decisions were related to drugs.

The most common reason violent offenders escape charges or conviction or domestic abuse is that the victim(s) are too afraid to press charges, and/or they feel guilty about it happening or even the feeling that they brought it on themselves and deserved it.

This then combined with the fact that the abuser is going to jail for on unrelated convictions. This is a huge relief to any abuse survivor. The person is going away, and I will be safe.

The other component is all the steps involved with filing charges which will often feel invasive and have to bring it all up again.

I have seen this up close and personal on a few occasions, I have begged the victim to go to the police but they would not do it.

The worst outcome of this is when the abuser is let out, the abuser may seek out the victim again, or the abuser will find new victims.

In this case the police had a call from a close family member accusing the person of domestic abuse. They had suspicious behavior from the accused person. They also witnessed that the possible victim had multiple injuries consistent with domestic abuse. As well as the arm injury the call from the family member had initially reported. But probably no charges or at least no convictions.

Where is OP not being truthful?

You assert that there was domestic violence unrelated to drugs, but you present no evidence for this, and substance abuse is strongly correlated with domestic violence.

Oh that's disappointing. I take back what I said in my other comment then, about him being open and honest. Thought he might have been one of the relatively decent ones. Seems not.

That's not what your report says. Your report says there's evidence she may have been beaten and that her arm may have been broken. There's a likelihood of both and that he did it but there's no evidence in that report that he did it.

There is no actual confirmation in that document that her arm was broken, just that that was what was reported to the officer and that it was injured/swolen.

You're free to say "allegedly", just like the standards the media has to go by.

There was evidence of an exigency which lead to a warrentless search of his apartment.

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The jealousy must be strong, does it really hurt that much that someone in the prison system reformed their life and is probably doing better than you for you to create a new account and try to drag them down? I don't know what hurt you are going through, but you can definitely do better if you are willing to be more positive in life.