What happens if someone is convicted of a federal crime?

Answer 1

One or more of the following: He goes to prison; he goes to a diversion program such as drug treatment or witness protection; he is placed on probation; he receives a fine. If he politically connected and/or he has committed crimes that the administration does not want him to talk about, the president can pardon him.

Answer 2

This is way to wide of a question. At the least its gonna be rather hard to get into college especially if its a violent or second degree or worse felony. Jobs will be very hard to get into especially good ones. Grants will more then likely not be given to you. Certain homes will not be available for you to live in depending on the severity of your charge. If your a third degree first time felon then you have a chance to redeem yourself. After ten years do as much as possible to stay outta trouble and it wont come up in most job backgrounds anymore, it will be taken off of your score sheet, they may trash the file, and you can file to get a clemency pardon but that is very hard to get. If its a second degree felony or a violent felony most of the options i have just said will not be available to you. You will be able to vote after some time, and you will even be able to have a gun permit after 10 years as long as it isn't a second degree felony or higher and it wasnt violent. OH also the more felonies you have the worse. Even two will cause you to never be able to do any of the things i just said and theres no way back. Sorry and good luck