Also, have a look at this edit from Leivick- (cur | prev) 02:34, 4 December 2012‎ Daniel J. Leivick (talk | contribs)‎ . . (5,944 bytes) (-15)‎ . . (former criminal is a bad construction, does "former murder" make sense? This is more neutral) (undo) 
 I agree with Leivick, an editor of some standing in the WP community. As you may recall, he mediated in the original discussion. If you were willing to accept his opinion then, why not now?