An experiment by sociologist Devah Pager showed that, on average, when applying for jobs, a black man with no criminal history had about the same likelihood of success as: a white man with a felony conviction.
A felon is someone who has been charged with and convicted of a felony crime. This usually means that they were sentenced to at least one year in jail or prison, and possibly more.
A felony is traditionally considered a serious crime, whereas a misdemeanor is considered less serious. The term "felony" came from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resulted in the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods, to which additional punishments, including the death penalty, could be added; other crimes were referred to as misdemeanors. A person may be referred to as a felon or a convicted felon after being convicted of a felony in a court of law.
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