>>...when he shot and killed two people and severely injured another during a row.
My two cents: maybe the memory should be longer for a few things, stealing a loaf of bread or smoking pot is quite different from murders. In many countries cold blooded murders give you a life sentence or death (either by the state--or victim's family members when the state does not act) so maybe this guy should have had the chance to file such an appeal.
From the sounds of this it wasn't actually murder, it was manslaughter. Murder requires being premeditated where this sounds like it was heat of the moment.
Personally I think we should either rehibilitate and then forget in order to give them a chance to contribute to society, or keep them in prison. The idea of releasing people but then villifying them will basically just channel them back into the criminal system again. Studies have shown the best way to prevent crime is with reintegrating them socially. The biggest risk factors are:
It could be either depends a lot on the context that led to the altercation.
"Voluntary manslaughter
Sometimes called a crime of passion murder, is any intentional killing that involves no prior intent to kill, and which was committed under such circumstances that would "cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed". Both this and second-degree murder are committed on the spot under a spur-of-the-moment choice, but the two differ in the magnitude of the circumstances surrounding the crime. For example, a bar fight that results in death would ordinarily constitute second-degree murder. If that same bar fight stemmed from a discovery of infidelity, however, it may be mitigated to voluntary manslaughter."
My two cents: maybe the memory should be longer for a few things, stealing a loaf of bread or smoking pot is quite different from murders. In many countries cold blooded murders give you a life sentence or death (either by the state--or victim's family members when the state does not act) so maybe this guy should have had the chance to file such an appeal.