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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:38:28 GMT, wrote:
On 4 Jan 2005 21:54:32 GMT, Dave Hinz wrote:

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:39:27 GMT, wrote:

What all the ex-criminals agreed on was

Sorry, what exactly is an "ex-criminal"? Someone is either a
criminal, or they're not. Did you mean ex-convicts, maybe?

I mean people who had nominally (and in most cases actually) 'gone
straight'. They weren't committing crimes in any more.

Ah, so it's a "not active criminal" type, rather than a "not a
criminal". Gotcha. Cause that's kind of a "yes or no" question
rather than a "used to be" type of thing.

Fortunately, this isn't at all uncommon. According to national
statistics something like two-thirds of offenders choose not to
re-offend after each incareration. They serve their time, finish out
their parole and move on to other things.

It's the 1/3 who keep doing it that are more of a problem, though.

I wouldn't want any of these folks living across the street from me,
but the ones who were candid were a very valuable source of
information.

Well, at least they can conribute something.