Maybe in local elections, but I always thought the whole point of the "FElon"title is to say you’ve committed a FEderal level crime, and therefore have certain rights stripped, such as voting and owning a firearm (notably, two tools that basically only affect people who don’t have huge normal power like political or financial).
“Felon” just means they committed a felony. It doesn’t need to be at the federal level to be a felony. It’s just a more serious level of charge than misdemeanor.
A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious.[1] The term “felony” originated 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 capital punishment, could be added;[2] other crimes were called misdemeanors. Following conviction of a felony in a court of law, a person may be described as a felon or a convicted felon.
In many common-law jurisdictions, such as England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, crimes are no longer classified as felonies or misdemeanors. Instead, crimes are classified by mode of trial as indictable offenses, triable by jury, and frequently requiring a grand jury indictment, which are usually more serious, and summary offenses, triable by summary procedure without a jury and are usually less serious.[3]
In some civil law jurisdictions, such as Italy and Spain, the term delict is used to describe serious offenses, a category similar to common law felony. In other nations, such as Germany, France, Belgium, and Switzerland, more serious offenses are described as “crimes”, while “misdemeanors” or “delicts” (or délits) are less serious. In still others, such as Brazil and Portugal, “crimes” and “delicts” are synonymous (more serious) and are opposed to contraventions (less serious).
Surprisingly white/Europe centric, but still interesting.
“Felony” has nothing to do with “federal”, completely different etymologymies and meanings. A felon could be a state felon or a federal felon or both, it just depends which statutes they’re convicted of breaking. “Felony” is just a degree of criminality, higher than misdemeanor.
Maybe in local elections, but I always thought the whole point of the "FElon"title is to say you’ve committed a FEderal level crime, and therefore have certain rights stripped, such as voting and owning a firearm (notably, two tools that basically only affect people who don’t have huge normal power like political or financial).
“Felon” just means they committed a felony. It doesn’t need to be at the federal level to be a felony. It’s just a more serious level of charge than misdemeanor.
Hmmm, worth looking up…
Per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony):
Surprisingly white/Europe centric, but still interesting.
I can only speak to US law, but state level felonies exist. Individual states have their own felonies that may vary state by state.
Which should be enough to explain the difference.
“Felony” has nothing to do with “federal”, completely different etymologymies and meanings. A felon could be a state felon or a federal felon or both, it just depends which statutes they’re convicted of breaking. “Felony” is just a degree of criminality, higher than misdemeanor.