WrongfullyExiled

And as far as taking responsibility. I accepted the consequences and owned up to my actions. I plead guilty to the offense. I went to state jail and I served my time as well as some extra time due to a clerical error (28 months on a 24 month sentence, not that that is relevant to the issue at hand).

Thank you for the advice. I will talk to the chartered organization rep when I get ready to attempt to rejoin the scouting community.

3 hours ago, David CO said:

I would be a little concerned about the OP feeling that he had been wrongfully exiled. There was nothing wrongful about his exile. The wrongful thing was his illegal drug use. So long as he continues to present himself as having been the wrongful victim of an exile, rather than the wrongful perpetrator of a crime, I would be very hesitant to take him on as a scout leader. It is not an attitude that I would wish to have taught to my scouts.

His Eagle Scout rank would not be a consideration. 

 

I'm not saying I was wrongfullyexiled for my Drug use or conviction. Not at all. That's just a screen name that I've used forever. I'm not in any way saying that anything to do with that situation or circumstances was right or not of my own doing.

I have been absent from Scouting for about 8 years now. I am an Eaglescout and a brotherhood member of the a order of the arrow. But unfortunately I now have a felony conviction for possession of a controlled substance. I want to get active with Scouting again as part of a plan for turning my life around. My conviction is from 2017 but my charges are from 2013. My crimes are non-violent in nature and were for simple possession.

Is there anything that can be done about this? Or would it be a waste of time for me to even try applying to be a scout leader?