> they will find another venue so the problem is not solved, rather offloaded on someone elses shoulders It's not the CppCon's responsibility to play court/pol

> they will find another venue so the problem is not solved, rather offloaded on someone elses shoulders It's not the CppCon's responsibility to play court/police here. If this person served time and is not a suspect in any other ongoing investigation, CppCon has no role to play other than accept his presence. If they remove him based on other people's feeling torward ex-cons, they open themselves up for getting sued for discrimination (which, ironically, the people complaining here should know how that feels like very well).