Brefie
New Member
I don't think these men are the same people / boys they were. That's not to say they should be given a free pass, but I don't quite know what it means....
My nephew made a good point at the time they were about to be released - he said that they were probably released months earlier, b/c everyone in the country would have been on the look-out for a young man moving in next door. I thought it was a great point.
I think they should be given a chance. I don't know how any system would continue to rehabilitate a man of 24 who committed a heinous crime at the age of 10, and who was from that point on, essentially raised by a 'department'. Now, that's me commenting from the 'outside'. Had it been my nephew they murdered, I would surely feel differently, but there is a reason justice systems call for un-biased jurors.
My nephew made a good point at the time they were about to be released - he said that they were probably released months earlier, b/c everyone in the country would have been on the look-out for a young man moving in next door. I thought it was a great point.
I think they should be given a chance. I don't know how any system would continue to rehabilitate a man of 24 who committed a heinous crime at the age of 10, and who was from that point on, essentially raised by a 'department'. Now, that's me commenting from the 'outside'. Had it been my nephew they murdered, I would surely feel differently, but there is a reason justice systems call for un-biased jurors.