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WA - Should ex-cons be a protected class in Seattle?

Original Article 03/06/2011 By TONYA MOSLEY SEATTLE - Right now, people can't be denied jobs or housing because of race, sex or disability. Should those with a record be a part of that class? "We're people we're not monsters. We've just made a different type of mistake than someone else," said 34-year-old [name withheld], who served 4 years in prison for drugging and raping his estranged wife. [name withheld] is currently living in a house with five other men, all of them convicted felons. His landlord, Jim Tharp, was the only one who would rent to him. [name withheld] says he actually understands why other landlords would turn him away. "You group people into classes, even criminals. It's not the class you have to look at, it's the individual and how are you going to look at the individual?" he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 08, 2011 (boomark / email).