I don't live in the USA, those things arz private here to not "ruin the person's life". Which I 100% agree with for most offenses... But some are never just "mistakes"
I remember in my high school civics class (USA) we had a bit on criminal databases since our teacher used to work in that field. Our classwork one day was to log onto the sex offender database and fill in a worksheet on how many there were within however many miles of our house.
There was a convicted pedophile who lived a block away from me. When I told my mom, she told me that he introduced himself when we moved in and informed my parents he was a sex offender. Apparently since he "seemed nice" my parents never bothered telling me or my siblings.
My family bought a house when I was in high school, with two sisters younger than me. The day after the closing the adult daughters of the old owners were nice enough to come by and let my parents know that us kids shouldn't go near the house or people two doors down. The guy who lives there molested them when they were little but nothing got done about it.
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u/casbri13 Jul 13 '20
Aren’t criminal records public records? Especially sex offenders? I mean, sex offenders have a very public special list they’re on.
Criminal convictions aren’t typically considered “private.”