I’ll never defend the actions that people like Skupin commit, but I think the ability to serve a punishment and then move back into a relatively normal life (with appropriate safeguards to protect future potential victims) makes for a way better society than one that insists on making people suffer indefinitely for their crimes. More @Wikipedia
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