From: ron.sam{please-remove}@cox.net   
      
   "Nadacomin"  wrote in message   
   news:20031116173237.26041.00000346@mb-m05.aol.com...   
   > I have always had a problem with people being stigmatized for life because   
   of   
   > conviction, or, other negative things in thier past.   
   > What I would suggest, is this.   
   > After a period of ten years, ( it works the same now, for credit) a   
   persons   
   > criminal, and, any other negative records, be permanently sealed, with the   
   only   
   > access to them on a judges authority, for purposes of criminal   
   investigations   
   > or national security purposes.   
   > It is my opinion that if a person can stay clean for ten years, that, it   
   is   
   > highly unlikely that they will re-offend.   
   > Have any of the advocate or political groups proposed anything like this?   
      
   I don't necessarily disagree with you on this Soup.   
      
   Yet in the very act of typing those words, I can think of myriad exceptions   
   to the statement:   
      
   Should a chomo be allowed to teach Kindergarten after 10 years?   
   Should a rapist be allowed to run a Woman's Support Group after 10 years?   
   Should a man who was convicted of Securities and Exchange fraud be allowed   
   to invest people's money for them after 10 years?   
      
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