Should this womans past matter?

[abaris]

My problem really is whether anyone should have the authority to say that someone who has committed something as serious as murder is now "safe" to be in society.

There are many different kinds of murder. That's why our society has trained professionals to evaluate the person in question. I'm not swinging one way or the other in this particular case. I'm only saying, once they've done their time they shouldn't automatically carry the scarlet letter for life.

The alternative would be to kill off any and all offenders. And I don't think, many of us are for that kind of approach.