Reply #5: The other issue. [View All]

> if he is up for parole, it can be, and is, assumed that
> he is guilty. So he has to make a choice, continue to
> insist on his innocence and stay in jail, or lie and
> hope to get out. But this isn't the injustice. If he
> is denied parole, he will still spend no more time in
> jail than he was sentenced to. The injustice is that
> he was convicted at all.

Suppose he did it and admits he did it, but thinks it should not be such a bad offence. THEN he has to CHANGE HIS POLITICAL VIEWS or be in prison for the rest of the term.

Which is REFINED CRUELTY. I can feel sympathy for Offender X, you can feel sympathy for Offender X, but if Offender X feels any sympathy for Offender X he is going to prison.