Hi Hewitt,
Did you learn from your mistake?
Did you clean up your act after and work hard to be a better person?
With you saying that it occurred 17 years ago, I think my two questions have been answered. Everyone deserves a second chance, words are easy it is finding an employer to see that you have mended your ways.
You must take a positive attitude and move forward to prove that you deserve your second chance.
I think the right employer will give you the opportunity.
Good Luck to you Hewitt.
Allen
UA Local 602
A man who says that he can't learn anything in a class is exactly right.