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My wife's company unknowingly hired someone with a criminal record(he used his brother identity to get the job). He attempted to rape another employee and kill

My wife's company unknowingly hired someone with a criminal record(he used his brother identity to get the job). He attempted to rape another employee and killed the person who stopped him. The company paid rather large settlement to the victims of these crimes. Incidents like this reinforce the notion that it isn't worth the risk to hire people with a criminal record.

mc32 9y ago
There's a difference between someone guilty of murder and other physical violence such as aggravated rape and other felonies like larceny, burgling, fraud, etc., where there is a good chance at rehabilitation, esp., if the crime was fueled by drug addiction.
- twblalock 9y ago
  On the other hand, drug addicts will do pretty much anything for a fix.
  - mc32 9y ago
    That's true. However, I was more or less implying ex-addicts who had been clean, had completed their sentences and were honestly looking to get on with a life, at one time interrupted by bad choices.
- Teever 9y ago
  I worked with someone who had 16 assault charges. To be totally honest I'd prefer working with someone convicted of murder than that guy. The thing with 16 charges of anything is that you know there's going to be a 17th, an 18th... and so on. Some people can be rehabilitated, some people can't. Severity of the crime isn't necessarily indicative of that.
  - vidarh 9y ago
    You'd likely be right to do so. Murder actually has an extremely low repeat rate. Murderers does have a higher chance of committing another crime on release than people not convicted of a crime, presumably in part because of higher chance of unemployment and poverty, but most murderers are extremely unlikely to ever kill again as most murders are crimes of passion in extreme circumstances that are extremely unlikely to occur again.
yorby 9y ago
I feel for these victims but... yeah, never hire someone that was convicted of anything and make sure that they remain criminals... that makes lot of sense. /s
- RhodesianHunter 9y ago
  ...say most well intentioned people until it's their business on the line and they're looking at hiring a felon vs. someone without a record.

mc32 9y ago

There's a difference between someone guilty of murder and other physical violence such as aggravated rape and other felonies like larceny, burgling, fraud, etc., where there is a good chance at rehabilitation, esp., if the crime was fueled by drug addiction.

twblalock 9y ago
On the other hand, drug addicts will do pretty much anything for a fix.
- mc32 9y ago
  That's true. However, I was more or less implying ex-addicts who had been clean, had completed their sentences and were honestly looking to get on with a life, at one time interrupted by bad choices.
Teever 9y ago
I worked with someone who had 16 assault charges. To be totally honest I'd prefer working with someone convicted of murder than that guy. The thing with 16 charges of anything is that you know there's going to be a 17th, an 18th... and so on. Some people can be rehabilitated, some people can't. Severity of the crime isn't necessarily indicative of that.
- vidarh 9y ago
  You'd likely be right to do so. Murder actually has an extremely low repeat rate. Murderers does have a higher chance of committing another crime on release than people not convicted of a crime, presumably in part because of higher chance of unemployment and poverty, but most murderers are extremely unlikely to ever kill again as most murders are crimes of passion in extreme circumstances that are extremely unlikely to occur again.

yorby 9y ago

I feel for these victims but... yeah, never hire someone that was convicted of anything and make sure that they remain criminals... that makes lot of sense. /s

RhodesianHunter 9y ago
...say most well intentioned people until it's their business on the line and they're looking at hiring a felon vs. someone without a record.