Reply #18: I don't blame you for being cautious...

[thom1102]

But some people do change. These Sex Offender Lists are problematic, on one hand, I would want to know if there was a danger to me and my family in my own neighborhood, on the other hand, if a person pays their debt to society and is trying to start their life fresh, it is a permanent scarlet letter that follows them through out their life. Now I don't know what this guy's story is, but for a minute let's just suppose that the guy had a substance abuse problem, and the incident that occured happened when his judgement was impaired, and since then he has gotten sober. That doesn't excuse what happened, but it certainly explains it, and the guy now has to live with the stigma of what he did for the rest of his life. The problem vexes me!