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When you say "doing proper criminal background checks", do you mean "making sure no one who has re-entered society after serving their sentence is allowed to wo

• mattmanser 9y ago
  Countries with good rehabilitation also do this, certain types of sexual crimes have high recidivism rates despite the best efforts. There's rehabilitation and there's realism and protecting the public, there's a balance. On my local Nextdoor someone posted recently about a trial being finished and warning that his wife had been sexually assaulted in a nearby area. The actual newspaper story was a little heart-breaking, on the one hand the guy clearly had been trying to improve and felt remorse, on the other he's a menace to women, he literally walked up to the women and put his hand up her skirt.
• lmm 9y ago
  There are a lot of careers in which criminals can and should be given a chance to reenter society without unacceptably compromising public safety. Driving taxis is not one of them.
• deadbunny 9y ago
  Like this guy?[1]. I'm sure he's a changed man. While they may have "served their debt" would a taxi firm or someone like Uber really want to hire a serial rapist? 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Worboys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Worboys
  • salvar 9y ago
    Yes, I was precisely referring to this particular person. Thanks for the honest debate.