[xauronx]

If someone got a DUI last week, I would NOT want them driving me. What's your logic behind thinking that people's actions shouldn't affect their future? Seems like the majority opinion here is similar to yours, which is absolutely confusing to me. "Who cares if they raped a child last week? They aren't raping you RIGHT NOW so it doesn't matter!"

[the_ancient]

There are multiple reasons for this, first and foremost even if you believe you should be allowed to know about criminals you may be interacting with I do not agree that most of that info should be publicly available in a simple REST request where anyone from Stalkers, to other criminals can get any information they desire on me simply by paying a small fee. That is an extreme privacy violation IMO. you are looking at only from the Rose Colored "Catch a criminal" lens, and not considering any of the consequences.

Further I do not trust the government or the legal system at all, and have no reason to believe a person convicted of DUI or raping a child under the current legal system was in fact guilty of those charges.

Lastly even if a person is a criminal I do not believe in the notion of a Scarlet Letter society which is what this company is companies like it are attempting to create. This effectively kills any Second Chance a person that made a mistake in the past has. You forever make them second class and ultimately encourage them to commit more, and probably ever increasing violent crimes