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Does USA need a different level of crime that isn't either a misdemeanor or a felony? Are +/- 1 year the best way to differentiate crimes?

Are the range of crimes that can fit beneath a 1-year sentence (misdemeanor) or a multi-year sentence (felony) adequate to communicate the severity of the crime to interested parties like employers, insurers, landlords, etc?

Should a level of charge that is say 30 or 60 days be created?

Should I level of charge that is say 1 to 5 or 6 to 10 years be created?

Should misdemeanors have an expiration date where they are dropped completely from official records? Only recorded as a misdemeanor with no obligation to disclose what it was?

Many stakeholders in the criminal justice system have advocated that felonies be categorized into violent or nonviolent with the intent being that a non-violent felonies do not need to be disclosed to employers unless it is absolutely germane to the job (like applying for an accountant if you've been convicted of tax evasion)?

Gun owners have advocated for the same in order that non-violent felons can keep their guns.

Do you have any thoughts about when minors are charged with MAJOR crimes and how that should be handled? Family court? Sealed records? Psychiatric incarceration? Lower the age or give DA more discretion to charge kids as adults?
Does USA need a different level of crime that isnt either a misdemeanor or a felony? Are +/- 1 year the best way to differentiate crimes?
Only misdemeanor crimes should be split into further categories
Only felony crimes should be split into further categories
Both felony & misdemeanor crimes should be split into further categories
Leave it alone but differentiating violent & non violent is a good idea
Capital punishment for littering! It be like that...
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Does USA need a different level of crime that isn't either a misdemeanor or a felony? Are +/- 1 year the best way to differentiate crimes?
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