My heart is bursting. On the eve of my first child's birth, my dad - who's been in prison nearly my entire life - was granted clemency. He never intended harm, yet his crime devastated many families. My heart breaks for the families that can never get their loved ones back.
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Why should you be able to see your dad if those sons and daughters of those who died in the commission of a crime he was involved with dont ever get to see theirs? Can you actually give a good answer to those families? This is what justice should have been but is now been undone
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Replying to @truthsaiers @chesaboudin
The actual answer to your question lies in whether you believe prisons end result is supposed to be for punishment, rehabilitation, or a combination of the 2.
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Punishment. The purpose of confinement was never to rehabilitate but to punish an individual for the crime that they have committed. However, a person cannot be deprived of the right to improve, so they should be able to rehabilitate, even though rehab is not the intended purpose
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patently untrue, there are four theories of incarceration and rehabilitation is absolutely one of them
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