The reason being is that Dollar General is discriminating against certain crimes and doesn’t worry about how old the crime is. For example, in the article it states, that Dollar General looked at drug possession felonies that was 6 years old. No matter how old the felony was Dollar General automatically disqualified the candidate.
First off, if a person was charged for bank larceny, then we can look at the facts differently because the employee would be working around money. Secondly, the drug possession was 6 years old and should not be an issue for someone working at a retail store. The reason for this is that, there is an ample amount of time for a person