Yes, because human rights and free speech. A conviction for littering shouldn't mean you're not allowed to publish anything again, ever. Otherwise, it becomes a way to silence anyone the authorities don't like.
Yes, because you don't promote science and the arts by silencing people for arbitrary and unrelated reasons. Someone may have a brilliant ides, but if they are not allowed to do anything with it, nobody will ever know.
Yes, because human rights and free speech. A conviction for littering shouldn't mean you're not allowed to publish anything again, ever. Otherwise, it becomes a way to silence anyone the authorities don't like.
Yes, because you don't promote science and the arts by silencing people for arbitrary and unrelated reasons. Someone may have a brilliant ides, but if they are not allowed to do anything with it, nobody will ever know.