As an individual, I would be cautious about hiring a former convict, but it&#x27;s not out of the question.<p>Intuitively (I&#x27;m not an actuary), it seems that insurance companies get away with charging you more if you&#x27;ve had a prior accident. It seems a person who <i>has</i> broken the law may be more likely <i>to</i> break it than the average person.<p>I think it stinks that this local govt can tell a business to fire a felon though, that just compounds the problem of re-entry. I smell a Supreme Court case in the future.