(December 19, 2016 at 1:05 pm)Tonus Wrote:(December 17, 2016 at 10:40 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: You commit a violent crime, you do the time to insure societal safety, regardless of whether or not you are forgiven by anyone.
A presidential pardon is a legal commutation of a person's sentence. If the president were aware that this person had made a change in his life that he felt was sufficient to ensure societal safety, then he is doing no wrong by releasing him early.
Yes, but the power to do that can be abused. Letting a violent criminal who is serving 20 years go after only 1 year because he claims to be "saved" would be abuse of that power imho.
Quote:Now, if the reason for a prison term is to punish the person for the crime committed, then there is an interesting question-- does this man's salvation through his faith in Jesus matter in the disposition of legal justice by the court?
No. An inmate's religion should have no barring on this.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
