> A person is either safe enough to be in society, or not. There should NEVER be an in between state.
I worked with my Dad growing up and going to school, and I’m fortunate enough to have worked along side people that had felony records.
Some of them for some scary sounding crimes.
I’ve learned just how much nuance is lost in our current “scarlet letter” system (as well as how a crime is judged changes significantly over time).
I can see the notion that somebody should have some kind of re-integration or probationary period, but until we can have an objective and perfect means of conveying the nuance behind every crime, sentence, and rehabilitation (which I say facetiously, because I don’t believe that’s possible) then we should err on the side of not having any scarlet letters.
I worked with my Dad growing up and going to school, and I’m fortunate enough to have worked along side people that had felony records.
Some of them for some scary sounding crimes.
I’ve learned just how much nuance is lost in our current “scarlet letter” system (as well as how a crime is judged changes significantly over time).
I can see the notion that somebody should have some kind of re-integration or probationary period, but until we can have an objective and perfect means of conveying the nuance behind every crime, sentence, and rehabilitation (which I say facetiously, because I don’t believe that’s possible) then we should err on the side of not having any scarlet letters.