But, if I had sex with a minor, the neighborhood will be alerted, despite the fact that I have served my time. The punishment is unending. What's more, there have been incidents in LA where innocent people have been beaten and killed because they lived where a child-molester 'used to' live ... and the police records were not up-to-date.
I am not a child molester, have not done so, and will not do so in the future. But I do take issue with publishing crimes that may be decades old. Either kill the vermin, or set him free. I prefer to death, personally ... but the point remains that 'he paid his debt'.
Tell that to the child (whose suffering usually continues long after the abuser dies)
What makes you think that "paying a criminal penalty" for a crime somehow gives you a clean slate? It is always on your record.Many people can and do change.People can not change what they did in their past.That is a given.
Don't expect everyone to forgive and forget a criminal act,just because the courts assigned a penalty.Believe it or not, most people have never seen the inside of a jail cell.
If you have a past that includes a criminal record, do you really think your future is not,or should not, be impacted?
The public is given to understand that they are never safe where offenders are present. While some haters may take the law into their own hands-- and harrass or kill an offender, the offender is entitled to the same justice by which they were judged.