So… You think that going to prison and then having trouble finding a job because “felon” is part of your legal identity and can be found on any background check is less bad than being accused of rape or racism and then possibly having trouble finding a job because potential employers might discover that accusation on social media?
Really?
And I’m going to gently suggest that the sort of person who believes that murderers should have a path to renter society likely feels the same about those who are dangerous in other ways, too.
As an example, i used to run a small square dance event. One day, a guy who sometimes joined us showed up wearing an anklet, which several people reported to me, with varying degrees of alarm. He had pled no contest to accusations of abusing a woman he dated. (And there was a he said/she said aspect to it.) I discussed the situation with some progressive friends. We agreed that he was not accused of actions that made him a danger to our group, which met in very public places, etc. And one very progressive person pointed out that people who are totally ostracized can’t renter society. So i let it be known that he was still welcome to attend our public dances.
I did remove him from the invitation list to a private weekend event in the middle of nowhere, however.
So, i don’t know what every progressive would do in every situation. But i know that at least on the one situation where i was involved in the decision making, we tried to balance safety and compassion towards the accused.