February 16, 2011 6:24 am
The UK Supreme Court has said that they shouldn’t and Scotland has already allowed appeals. According to the BBC, the government is now going to allow appeals in England and Wales.
I welcome this as despite the well-known proverb about leopards, we all know of people, who have modified their behaviour from what was definitely beyond reason to one of being an asset to society.
So if people can do this in areas such as violent crime or serious anti-social behaviour, what is to say that some sex offenders modify their behaviour to be no danger to anybody. Obviously, some will never be safe, but others may well be and should be given the right of appeal.
But I suspect that the Vengence Tendency will feel that no change should ever happen.
Posted by AnonW
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I agree that in some circumstances people should have the right to ask for their nams to be removed. Something which someone does when they are in their teens should not affect the rest of their lives IF they can show that they have turned their life around. And many many do, I know a lot of recovering alcoholics and addicts who have been sober/clean for 30+ years, but who committed serious crimes, including murder, whilst they were drinking and/or using. There are also people who find faith with one or other religion and that changes their life permanently as well.
And they are only going to allowed to ASK, the answer is certainly not a foregone conclusion.
By liz on February 16, 2011 at 6:18 pm