Convicted Drug Dealer In A Community: What To Do?
An interesting quandry has arisen, so I am looking for your opinions.
Let us say that a member of a community becomes aware that a convicted drug dealer has moved into that community. Now we are talking convicted in federal court and did federal time for cocaine sales, not a misdemeanor pot charge.
I think it's fair to say that drug dealers don't care who they sell to, so they endanger a lot of people, including children by the dozens.
Even if the drug dealer may have served his time and maybe even had the "record" expunged, newspaper articles still exist describing the arrest, the trial and the conviction, as newspapers archive everthing. Court documents outlining all this also still exist as a matter of public record but you have to know how and where to find them. Let us further say that such records may have been found from publicly accessible sources.
What, if any right does the community have to know about this?
Does the Leopard change its spots?
Should all be forgiven?
Should the community be advised?
The Community seeks your comments!
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