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Originally Posted by mist
There's a difference between rehabilitated and more useful alive than dead.
life imprisonment, the alternative, hardly implies rehabilitated.
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Both sentences for sure are true, so if Gov. Schwarzenegger would have been asked to judge if the guy was more useful to society dead or alive, things might have come out different. Didnt matter regarding a clemency appeal for a convicted multiple murder who couldnt even make the first step necessary for forgiveness - admitting what he did.
On a related sidenote - several french citizens are just beeing "rehabilitated" as they did spend a total of 26 years in prison together, their children where taken from them and they where publicly seen as some of the most cruel child molesters on this planet. The french minister of justice publicly apologised to them in his official position and there will be several consequences affecting the law process in france due to this. Some scandalous things happened during this case and it certainly would deserve at least as much publicity as the Williams case, but i bet most havent heard a word about it
ps: its amazing how ignorant people running "for a cause" are. I just heard a commentary in a german radio station regarding the Williams case and the journalist kept making snappy remarks towards Schwarzenegger and how of course he couldnt meet with Williams before making the decision as otherwise he would have noticed that Williams was a human beeing and not somebody he can slaughter away like a Terminator in his movies. Too bad that Williams himself said that he met Schwarzenegger at Venice Beach long time ago.