Reply #81: This is a perfect example of what I mean.

[Liberal Veteran]

We don't have the whole story here, yet you are already convinced with just the little bit of info that you have that you know this person is major scumbag who never paid his debt to society. You have a secondhand account of someone's interpretation of the record and little to no background on the entire story.

That's why this kind of thing bothers me. You have already decided that you know better than justice system what kind of person this is and whether he deserves society's forgiveness and another chance at life or not.

And you wonder why I feel delving around will he nil he through someone's criminal record without a compelling reason is a bad idea?