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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This quote stood out to me:  "Prosecutors argued Moore did not meet the criteria for early release, noting that he had not earned a high school equivalency diploma behind bars, had not completed vocational training and had no housing or job lined up. They said his “reentry into society will increase his likelihood of reoffending.”

Was he given a chance at a GED, vocational training, or housing or job prospects while in prison?  What happened?[/quote]
How did anyone think that someone without a GED, vocational training, or housing or job prospects was a candidate for successful early release?! [/quote]

There are millions of people in this world who are impoverished, uneducated, hungry/starving, mistreated, abused etc yet they don't engage in violent crimes and commit murder. 
Mn[/quote]
Right, but this person already had been in involved a murder, so it was known he was violent. It’s one thing when you hear of people who got caught up in violence when they were young and used the time in prison to better themselves and think they have earned another chance to be a productive member of society. But if someone has spent decades in prison and never got a GED or vocational training, and had no plan for housing and a job upon release, it should be a red flag that this person is not ready to be released. Not every juvenile murderer should be automatically let out after 15 years just because of their youth at the time they killed someone. [b]There needs to be a deep dive into what this person has done to better themselves and what their plans are post release[/b]. [/quote]

PP here. I agree with you and didn't make my point very well. I was trying to say that when people at any age engage in a violent crime, I think there is something amiss emotionally and that violent criminal behavior cannot just be explained away by circimctances, no matter how difficult.
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Did Charles Allen account for this deep dive in his restorative justice/leniency bill?[/quote]

Apparently, he didn't care.[/quote]

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