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[–] 3 points 11 hours ago

"Felony" has nothing to do with "federal", completely different etymologymies and meanings. A felon could be a state felon or a federal felon or both, it just depends which statutes they're convicted of breaking. "Felony" is just a degree of criminality, higher than misdemeanor.

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