Saturday, March 23, 2013

We Should be More Willing to Forgive Criminals   
   I once posted how the undocumented immigrant is the most oppressed of all.
   I think I've found another candidate, the criminal. Few will stand up for them. Few will speak well of them. Many will not forgive them, nor suppose they could ever repent. Once a criminal, always a criminal.
   Many think they should lose some of their rights permanently. Two of the liberties basic to Americans are stripped from them forever, the right to vote and the right to bear arms.
   Give them a job? Employers shy away from hiring them -- and understandably so.
   Some of what the ex-convict faces should be understood. The ex-convict should understand, and accept the public's shying away from him. But, some of the feelings, on our part, are not wise, nor justified. We should be more hopeful that the criminal will and can set aside a life of crime. We should be more willing to love him back into our society. We should realize he needs employment, to pay his bills, and if we don't give him a job, we are only nudging him back to his life of crime.

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