A judge ruled Wednesday that Amazon and Whole Foods can be sued for refusing to hire a convicted murderer who served 23 years in prison, Reuters reports.
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan approved Henry Franklin’s request to pursue a class-action lawsuit.
Franklin was rejected for a grocery delivery job by Cornucopia Logistics, a company that works with Amazon and Whole Foods. The rejection and subsequent lawsuit occurred in New York.
In a Wednesday night decision, U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan said Henry Franklin could pursue a proposed class action after being turned down for a grocery delivery job at Cornucopia Logistics, which serves Amazon and Whole Foods.
Amazon determined after a background check that Franklin had lied on his April 2019 job application by answering “no” when asked if he had a criminal record.
In New York, Criminal Histories Don’t Matter
New York law bars employers from rejecting job applicants based on their criminal histories unless the crimes relate directly to the jobs sought, or hirings would pose an unreasonable risk to the public.
Without ruling on the merits, Caproni said the defendants failed to show that either exception applied, adding that Franklin “has adequately alleged that he is rehabilitated and no longer poses a threat to the public.”
He LIED ON THE APPLICATION! He also spent 23 years in prison but didn’t take advantage of education or job training? Delivering items, going in and out of strangers’ homes is questionable for a murderer. If anything went wrong, those companies would be at risk. But, the judge decided he’s not a threat.
What do you think?
The application is part of the job that the applicant was unable to do. That aside from the criminal conviction, is relevant.
Judges are part of the legal community, have a lot of sympathy for their brethren, and consequently cooperate to slow everything down make the whole system as inefficient and costly as possible.
Amazing how mokes can rationalize such self serving ingrained incompetence.
The usual idiotic legal circuit. Ever notice how the more lawyers we get the slower and dumber everything moves?
Judges sit fat and happy inside their locked gate communities and private security. No matter what they do they are immune. Put a murderer out on bail and he murders someone else? Not my fault. And, no, I don’t know what the answer is, maybe trial by combat or truth serum.
He lied, people died. end of story
Falsifying job applications would reasonably disqualify anyone else from getting a prospective job. I don’t see why such actions would not disqualify an already borderline applicant.
Falsifying job applications would re4asonably disqualify anyone else from getting a prospective job. I don’t see why such actions would not disqualify an already borderline applicant.
These Obamite types have infested the law schools and “higher ed” everywhere. They don’t care what the law is, they only care about getting their way–which is to destroy every last standard of decency. The concept actually offends them.
He lied on the application……where’s the judge on this part of accountability?!?
Amazon has ended a controversial influence campaign in which it paid employees to tweet about how much they enjoy working for the company
“…the judge decided he’s not a threat.”
The left rewards criminals.
kill the stupid bitch!
Soros prosecutors will be promoted and the Long March to burn it all down is a global conspiracy with a fifth column of Vidkun Quisling style traitors working tirelessly to erase the once great republic.
U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni is an Obama appointed judge, go figure.
He’ll just lose in court. when you falsify records, you lose. all this judge claimed was a lawsuit could go forward. Once all is said and done however, this a-hole criminal will be paying Amazon’s attorney fees as well as lose his case.
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