Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/23/84; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Bastille mentality (and moriarty's ? Message-ID: <2824@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 10:59:48 EST Article-I.D.: ucbcad.2824 Posted: Wed Nov 28 10:59:48 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 19:34:36 EST References: <268@we53.UUCP> <8200039@acf4.UUCP> <274@spp2.UUCP> Organization: UC Berkeley CAD Group, Berkeley, CA Lines: 11 Perhaps some people saw the news story a few days ago about a group of prison inmates who were let out of jail early, due to a red-tape foul up. Most of them went home and were doing a very good job of reconstructing their lives -- going back to school, starting businesses, and so forth. Then the mistake was discovered and they all had to go back to prison. I don't think this is fair -- the function of prison is to rehabilitate and if it has worked (a rare occurence) why keep the people in prison? The problem of punishing criminals is sometimes not as black and white as some people would hope... Wayne