Re: Considering the feelings of felons

On 5/23/2024 7:02 PM, Pluted Pup wrote:

On Thu, 23 May 2024 14:31:52 -0700, moviePig wrote:
 

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Does it help to point out there *is* a difference between "offenders"
and "justice-impacted individuals"? Hint: think of parole boards who
refuse to free a model prisoner as long as he maintains his innocence...

 That's the fault of the parole board, not the law, for not
considering that it is possible for a person to have
been unjustly imprisoned.
 I'll bet the typical "innocent" argument you're talking
isn't like that at all but is more of "the crime I
committed should never be prosecuted because the
Law Is Unjust", or, in other words, "because the bitch
deserved it."
 

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Just say you're guilty to get out, then tell anyone who will listen that
you're really innocent and you only said you were guilty to gain your
freedom.
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Of course such people aren't who the politically correct lunatics in the
legislature are referring to and you know it. They're talking about the
run-of-the-mill shitbag who commits crime, gets caught, prosecuted,
convicted, and imprisoned. The hearts of these politicians inexplicably
bleed for such people and rather than worrying about how their victims
are coping with the violence and loss that have been inflicted on them,
the pols sit around and think up new jargon to soft-pedal who it is
these shitbags really are.

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I've no reason to doubt that, as I've been told, prisoners routinely
profess their innocence to each other.

 What inmates are you talking about? Inmates *brag*
to each other about the crimes they committed.
...

Estimates are that about 5% of prisoners actually *are* innocent.  But, it does appear that I'm mistaken about most of them claiming to be.