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Re:Prisoners Who Care for the Dying and Get Another Chance a... by ggg9990 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @12:21AM (#17253264)
Not everyone in prison is a violent criminal, but danger or no danger I strongly oppose “compassionate release” for any murderer or other severely violent criminal. I don’t see a reason to offer compassion to those who perpetrated malice on innocent victims.
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Re:Prisoners Who Care for the Dying and Get Another Chance a... by simplemts on Thursday June 07, 2018 @04:13AM (#17254151)
Why not? Do you think if you were born in their position, to their family, in their circumstances, you would be any different? Are you unable to understand the responsibility of NOT the individual and everyone else (parents, peers, society, racism, etc.) in creating the "monster" you deem unfit for being treated, dare I say as a human, and compassionately?
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Re:Prisoners Who Care for the Dying and Get Another Chance a... by gadders on Thursday June 07, 2018 @04:20AM (#17254189)
>>Why not? Do you think if you were born in their position, to their family, in their circumstances, you would be any different?

Conversely, does everyone in those circumstances grow up to be a violent offender?

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Re:Prisoners Who Care for the Dying and Get Another Chance a... by AllegedAlec on Friday June 08, 2018 @04:46AM (#17263663)
> Do you think if you were born in their position, to their family, in their circumstances, you would be any different?

Yes. No matter what your background is, doing horrible things to others is still a choice.

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Re:Prisoners Who Care for the Dying and Get Another Chance a... by SamReidHughes on Thursday June 07, 2018 @03:29PM (#17259359)
Actually it's more genetic than the environment.
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