States Push to Provide Some Ex-Felons a Second Chance

This is another one of those things I'm on the fence about. Felons not being able to land a decent job is probably a path to recidivism, and there needs to be forgiveness for one-time offenders. They've done their done and paid their debt to society. Still, I'm really sympathetic to businesses: If someone they hired had a criminal record and that person committed a crime, that shit would be all over the news. People would denounce the company and ask why they hired such a person in the first place. That's publicity no one really needs. Still, what these people are advocating for isn't firm affirmative action but rather just giving them a chance. That sounds reasonable. Until you realize businesses would just reject them in round two or three of the interview process instead of when you first turn in the application. So I guess nothing changed?