Re:Mothers Are the Unsung Heroes of Prison
by Retra on Saturday May 11, 2019 @09:01AM
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Murder is not something you rehabilitate against. I should not be able to murder people if I can just act real nice to get away with it.
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Re:Mothers Are the Unsung Heroes of Prison
by jodrellblank on Saturday May 11, 2019 @10:14AM
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Why do you confuse "rehabilitation" with "acting"?
If a patient goes to a doctor and their wound heals, is that "acting healthy"?
You can make a case that we can't know if someone is rehabilitated, but if you think rehabilitation can be a thing, that necessarily includes being able to distinguish acting from genuine change.
I don't believe you can distinguish the two, especially when someone takes a deliberate and motivated action which they can fully expect to land them in prison. (See: organized crime.)