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bigstrat2003 • yesterday at 4:52 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

That seems perfectly reasonable. In theory, someone being released from prison has paid for his crime and reformed his behavior (if not, that's a failing of the criminal justice system). In that case, he doesn't deserve further extrajudicial punishment like being unable to get a job, nor is it some kind of breach of morality to hire him.


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pessimizer • yesterday at 5:52 PM

> In theory, someone being released from prison has paid for his crime and reformed his behavior

There's no theory that says this.

> he doesn't deserve further extrajudicial punishment

1) You're explaining your own personal belief here and not referring to anything.

2) It is not extrajudicial punishment to not hire a child molester to work with children any more than it is extrajudicial punishment to not hire a bank robber to work at a bank.

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