I'm fully with Susan and gillymor on this. This is not about a sex offender getting his legal just desserts then expecting everyone to forget it and give him a bye. I've just been done for speeding (87mph in a 70). I got fined and my points last for four years. In law, I'm clear after four years. But that doesn't mean I never did it, that it should be forgotten, that I'm as innocent as any non-speeder. I'm besmirched for life. Lots of people close to me who know what I did won't forget it. It may, at a stretch, even colour their view as to whether I should ever be entirely trusted behind the wheel. I can't insist that they forget all about it once the four years are up. I wouldn't trust a bloke who once flashed his dick at a young girl ever. Not even after fifty years. His judgement on that occasion was terrible and he can never prove to the world that he's incapable of doing it again, just like me and my speeding (I've been done before, by the way, and may well be done again, even though I'm trying hard). I wouldn't trust him near my girls and I wouldn't book him for a gig. That's his tough shit. It can be a hard world, and let's not forget that this isn't the law we're talking about. It's about parents and other concerned adults setting their private standard as to how the world should be. We need lots more of that.