I wouldn't be able to get a job at places that ask for criminal records. Lots of places ask for criminal records in the carpentry industry. I don't know what I'll do if I don't get this pardon. I'm scared that I'll end up on welfare or something, or that I'll be sweeping buildings and cleaning toilets for the rest of my life, or that I'll doing back-breaking labour until I'm 80 before I can save up to take care of my kids. All I want to do is get on with life. I want to continue to be a good member of society, a good citizen. I want to teach people like me how they can do it too, how they can get away from that type of stuff. But if I can't get this pardon, what do you expect me to do?
