[Stu]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I'm pretty sure if it was a relative/friend of yours murdered, your kind and helpful attitude towards the person who did it may change a bit. Good for you for being so forgiving, I'm not.

What a boring old card to play.

Don't be so assumptive in your quest to demand we all exhibit the same redemptive pattern as you. People can change and as long as a sufficient period of punishment was served then in certain cases I would have no problem with someone attempting to turn their life around.

I'm not saying I would hand a child rapist serial killer his freedom on a silver platter and a lenghty session with a psychiatrist. A relatively ordinary person who made the horrible mistake of killing someone and has since served the time? Sure.