i NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH HAVING A FELONY CAN CAUSE HAVIC ON YOUR LIFE. I AM 40 YEARS OLD WITH A COLLAGE EDUCATION & CAN NO LONGER GET A DECENT JOB, A PLACE TO LIVE, GO ON FIELD TRIPS WITH MY CHILDREN, CANT COACH YOUR CHILDS SPORTS TEAM AND CAN'T EVEN CARRY A FIREARM OR MUCH LESS VOTE. MY FELONY WAS BECAUSE i TOOK MY 13 YEAR OLD TO THE MOVIES WHICH I HAD DONE SEVERAL TIMES BUT THIS TIME SHE WENT WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF FRIENDS WHICH CONVINCED HER TO LEAVE SO HAYS COUNTY TEXAS DECIDED TO CHARGE ME WITH FOUR FELONY COUNTS OF ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD (BECAUSE THERE WERE FOUR GIRLS) WHEN i DID GO BACK FOR THEM BUT THAT DID NOT MATTER i WAS STILL CHARGED i ACCEPTED THE PLEA BECAUSE CPS GOT INVOLVED AND THREATENED TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER AWAY IF I DIDNT COMPLY SO I DID & IN THE END i LOST MY CHILD.



