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Indefinite look back periods deprive people with decades-old convictions from doing honest work for honest pay. This is counterproductive to society.

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The indefinite look back is only for certain disqualifying offenses. Most (many of which are still rather serious) are 7 years. http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dpu/transportation-network-comp...

Counterpoint: plenty of non-violent offecences there with unlimited lookback as well.

G.L. c. 272, §7 (Support From, or Sharing, Earnings of Prostitute)

G.L. c. 272, §12 (Procuring Person to Practice, or Enter a Place for Prostitution; Employment Office Procuring Person)

G.L. c. 272, § 16 (Open and Gross Lewdness and Lascivious Behavior)

G.L. c. 272, §53 (Indecent Exposure)

G.L. c. 272, §53 (Accosting or Annoying a Person of the Opposite Sex)

G.L. c. 272, §53A (Engaging in Sexual Conduct for a Fee)

G.L. c. 272, §105 (Upskirting)

Sexual assault is non-violent? These all sound like things that would reasonably disqualify drivers.

I disagree completely. Just what do you think the people you interact with every day are like when you don't see them? This is puritanism, nothing else.

I'm not sure I'd want to employ someone who's got a history of whipping out their nob and shaking it at people in shopping malls.

There's a documentary about the reality of prostitution called "Very Young Girls" that I suggest everyone watch. It dispels a lot of the myths around the realities of prostitution in America. By and large it is the manipulation of underage girls who end up victimized by their pimps, their johns, and society in general.

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