<p>The application form asks all info about arrests, charges, and outcomes.</p>
<p>For the person that asked- the story came out because the local paper where the murders happened did a follow up story on the case. They went looking for him. I see nothing wrong with the paper doing the story it was big news in their town and would be of interest to their readers now.
I wonder if someone tipped them off though or if they were going to do the story if they found out he was some habitually unemployed guy.</p>
<p>He says no, she says yes, the school found for her, the prosecutor says not enough evidence.</p>
<p>coolweather- what application form?</p>
<p>Certain licensing boards have access to all criminal records, even ones “expunged”, even juvenile records. It’s possible that people convicted of certain crimes cannot be licensed in certain professions, even if these offenses are expunged or occurred when the applicant was a juvenile. My state board of nursing gets to exercise their own discretion when deciding whether to allow an applicant to sit for the nursing boards exam. You could be accepted by a nursing school, graduate with honors, but be denied the privilege of sitting for boards due to a criminal record. Without passing boards, you do not work as a nurse.</p>
<p>It’s interesting how this works and frustrating for applicants to be told that the BON approaches each applicant on a case by case basis vs. some kind of general standards. I don’t know, however, if a legal name change could circumvent this process.</p>
<p>tom - Some of the paper application forms and some of the web site forms I saw when I applied for jobs.
Giving the info does not mean you are denied for the job. But if you don’t give then you will be denied when the employer finds out because you are hiding the info.</p>
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<p>I saw question asking for all previous names used in the past.</p>
<p>I thought it was illegal to ask about arrest. I thought you could only ask about conviction.</p>
<p><a href=“Legal Action Center | Breaking Barriers. Defending Dignity.”>Legal Action Center | Breaking Barriers. Defending Dignity.;
<p>Asking about arrests is illegal.</p>
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<p>[State</a> Laws on Use of Arrests and Convictions in Employment | Nolo.com](<a href=“http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-laws-use-arrests-convictions-employment.html]State”>State Laws on Use of Arrests and Convictions in Employment | Nolo)</p>
<p>I think asking about arrests goes too far and could see how that would negatively impact minority males. Especially with programs like NYC’s stop and frisk.</p>
<p>Conviction no problem.</p>
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<p>Agree, especially considering asking about arrests is IMO effectively undermines the idea of “presumed innocence until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” that’s been a bedrock of our legal institutions.</p>
<p>NY has protection for applicants. Alabama does not.</p>
<p>Going back to your hypothetical, Tom, you asked “what should he do?” not what is he legally mandated to do, which is where the discussion went since.</p>
<p>So if this is a hypothetical what should he do, not what does the law say, I’d say, if he did it, he should admit it. But of course he will not. If he didn’t, then he shouldn’t.</p>
<p>Has he ever shown remorse or even acknowledged the killings?</p>
<p>Thats not a cool thing to do.</p>
<p>Oh, for goodness sakes, garland, I think we all hide things, to a greater or lesser extent, for our own personal gain. Who the heck opens a conversation with disclosure of all the embarrassing things he or she has ever done in life??? But unless you’re marrying the person, electing them to public office, or hiring them for a position where those past transgressions would actually impede their ability to perform, it’s none of your damned business!</p>
<p>Here is the link to the original article by the journalist who researched and broke the story, Anne Marie Gardner:</p>
<p>[Georgetown</a> Advocate - What Happened to Jim Wolcott? Questions Span Four Decades](<a href=“http://wilcoonline.com/what-happened-to-jim-wolcott-lingering-questions-span-four-decades-p826-158.htm]Georgetown”>http://wilcoonline.com/what-happened-to-jim-wolcott-lingering-questions-span-four-decades-p826-158.htm)</p>
<p>It’s well written with interesting details on his transition from mental patient to college student. One psychiatrist actually brought Wolcott home to live with his family during the time he was supposedly locked up.</p>
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<p>Hey Dm (btw, boy, I don’t get why I’m ticking you off), I don’t expect any rapist will self-disclose (I think they’ve already made their value-system clear.) But don’t you think it would be a good thing for anyone around them to know?</p>
<p>garland- what should he do? He should continue to be the best teacher, mentor and citizen he can be.</p>
<p>To those that ask about remorse- how would any of us know. He may suffer with private remorse every day. Does his remorse have to be public?</p>
<p>He also may the most evil person in the world who never should have been found NGBRI but he was and he now has a 40 year record to judge from that event.</p>