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Of course, no one is taking away their right to speech. But all those news articles that came out when the culprit was being investigated need not be there to a
by harigov 10y ago
Of course, no one is taking away their right to speech. But all those news articles that came out when the culprit was being investigated need not be there to always remind them of their past.
- cortesoft 10y agoSo if I am starting to date someone, I don't have a right to know they were convicted of sexual assault ten years ago?
- aaron695 10y agoCorrect. Society has dealt out its punishment to the perpetrator and moved on, it owes you nothing.
- cortesoft 10y agoJust because society has dealt out its punishment doesn't mean the perpetrator has had their history erased. Society might not owe me something, but it also doesn't have the right to censor information from me that might be relevant to my safety.
- nulbyte 10y agoI think the judicial system ought to be free to expunge its records when they have outlived their usefulness in the judicial system. However, a mechanism to force another to expunge its records because a third-party objects seems to me an extreme position.